Biology:Chalcidichthys
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Caristiidae |
| Genus: | †Chalcidichthys David, 1943 |
| Species: | †C. malacapterygius
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| †Chalcidichthys malacapterygius David, 1943
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Chalcidichthys malacapterygius is an extinct prehistoric manefish that lived during the Upper Miocene of Southern California. It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives.[1]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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