Nunaneichthys Hernández-Guerrero et al. 2021 (bonefish)

Osteichthyes - Albuliformes - Albulidae

Full reference: C. Hernández-Guerrero, K. M. Cantalice, K. A. González-Rodríguez and V. M. Bravo-Cuevas. 2021. The first record of a pterothrissin (Albuliformes, Albulidae) from the Muhi Quarry, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) of Hidalgo, central Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 107(103032)

Parent taxon: Pterothrissinae according to C. Hernández-Guerrero et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Hajulia, Istieus

Subtaxa: Nunaneichthys mexicanus

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Type: Nunaneichthys mexicanus

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Muhi quarry (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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