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Dalgoichthys

Osteichthyes

Species
D. tropicalis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Dalgoichthys González-Rodríguez et al. p. 479

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
genusDalgoichthys

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Dalgoichthys González-Rodríguez et al. 2013
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Dalgoichthys tropicalis González-Rodríguez et al. 2013
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. A. González-Rodríguez et al. 2013Acanthomorph teleost with dorsal margin of orbit convex and predorsal margin of body moderately elevated. Infraorbital 2 the largest infraorbital; infraorbital 2 with well developed medial shelf; dorsal-most infraorbital (4/5) tubular in its ventral part and expanded in its upper half; small, triangular interopercle positioned at the postero-ventral corner of the preopercle. Two, flat, well-developed, subtrian-gular postcleithro-pectoral plates antero-dorsal to base of pectoral fin. Heavily ossified, large body shields overlapping each other and arranged in longitudinal rows; few vertical rows; supralateral and infralateral shields wide and deep. Lateral line canal running in a row of rectangular-shaped shields placed next to each other (= lateral line shields).