Sciaena pseudoradians Frizzell and Dante 1965 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Lutjaniformes - Sciaenidae

Alternative combination: Corvina pseudoradians

Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718

Belongs to Sciaena according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025

See also Ebersole et al. 2021 and Frizzell and Dante 1965

Sister taxa: Sciaena amplus, Sciaena bathytatos, Sciaena holsatica, Sciaena impropria, Sciaena irregularis, Sciaena kirchbergensis, Sciaena knyrkoi, Sciaena meridionalis, Sciaena obtusus, Sciaena pecchioli, Sciaena pimenovae, Sciaena radians, Sciaena simplex, Sciaena umbra

Type specimen: Its type locality is Old Byram, which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (8: Alabama, Mississippi collections)

• Eocene of United States (6: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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