Leptolepis bahiaensis Schaeffer 1947 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae

Full reference: B. Schaeffer. 1947. Cretaceous and Tertiary actinopterygian fishes from Brazil. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 89(1):1-39

Belongs to Leptolepis according to B. Schaeffer 1947

Sister taxa: Leptolepis africana, Leptolepis autissiodorensis, Leptolepis brodiei, Leptolepis caudalis, Leptolepis concentricus, Leptolepis contractus, Leptolepis coryphaenoides, Leptolepis crassus, Leptolepis disjectus, Leptolepis dubius, Leptolepis gregarius, Leptolepis jaegeri, Leptolepis koonwarri, Leptolepis longus, Leptolepis lowei, Leptolepis macrolepidotus, Leptolepis macrophthalmus, Leptolepis neocomiensis, Leptolepis neumayri, Leptolepis nevadensis, Leptolepis normandica, Leptolepis polyspondylus, Leptolepis saltviciensis, Leptolepis sprattiformis, Leptolepis talbragarensis, Leptolepis tenellus, Leptolepis voithii

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leptolepis bahiaensis in the database

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