Caturus chirotes Agassiz 1842 (bowfin)

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Caturidae

Alternative combination: Eugnathus chirotes

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1842. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (14me livraison)

Belongs to Caturus according to B. G. Gardiner 1960

See also Agassiz 1842 and Agassiz 1843

Sister taxa: Caturus agassizi, Caturus angustus, Caturus branchiostegus, Caturus bucklandi, Caturus chaperi, Caturus contractus, Caturus cyprinoides, Caturus dartoni, Caturus deani, Caturus elongatus, Caturus ferox, Caturus furcatus, Caturus grannulatus, Caturus heterurus, Caturus latidens, Caturus latipennis, Caturus latus, Caturus macrodus, Caturus macrurus, Caturus maximus, Caturus meyeri, Caturus microchirus, Caturus nuchalis, Caturus obovatus, Caturus pachyurus, Caturus pleiodus, Caturus porteri, Caturus purbeckensis, Caturus retrodorsalis, Caturus similis, Caturus stenospondylus, Caturus stenoura, Caturus tarraconensis, Caturus tenuidens, Uraeus pachyurus, Uraeus macrurus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caturus chirotes in the database

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