Araeosteus is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish, closely related to the modern-day prowfish. It contains a single species, A. rothi which is known from Late Miocene (Tortonian)-aged marine strata in Southern California, primarily the Diatom Beds of Lompoc (Monterey Formation) and the Santa Monica Mountains (Modelo Formation).[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Zaproridae |
| Genus: | †Araeosteus Jordan & Gilbert, 1920 |
| Species: | †A. rothi
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| †Araeosteus rothi | |
Etymology
editThe generic name is a compound word meaning "slender bone." The specific name honors one Almon Edward Roth of Stanford University.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ David, Lore Rose (1943). Miocene Fishes of Southern California. p. 38.
- ^ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Jordan, David Starr, Gilbert, James Zaccheus. Fossil fishes of diatom beds of Lompoc, California 1920 [1]