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Anenchelum
''Anenchelum'' (Greek for "not an eel") is an Extinction, extinct genus of cutlassfish known from the Ypresian, early Eocene to the late Miocene. Several species are known that inhabited the northwestern Tethys Ocean, Tethys and later Paratethys region, centered around east-central Europe and west Asia. This genus was synonymized with the extant ''Lepidopus'' for a time before being revived as a distinct genus in 1995. Taxonomy The following species are known: * †''Anenchelum angustum'' Daniltshenko, 1980 - Rupelian, Early Oligocene of Adygea, Russia (Khadum Formation), potentially Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Raunberg Lagerstätte) * †''Anenchelum eocaenicum'' Daniltshenko, 1962 - Middle Eocene (Lutetian) of Georgia (country), Georgia (Dabakhan Formation) * †''Anenchelum glarisianum'' Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, de Blainville, 1818 (type species) - Early Oligocene of Canton of Glarus, Canton Glarus, Switzerland (Matt Formation), the Czech Republic (Menilitic Form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cutlassfish
The cutlassfishes are about 45 species of predatory ray-finned fish in the family Trichiuridae of the order Scombriformes found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, giving rise to their name. They have reduced or absent pelvic fin, pelvic and caudal fins, giving them an eel-like appearance, and large fang-like teeth. Some of the species are known as scabbardfishes or hairtails; others are called frostfishes because they appear in late autumn and early winter, around the time of the first frosts. The earliest known remains of cutlassfish are isolated teeth assigned to ''Eutrichiurides'' from the Danian, Early Paleocene of Morocco, the United States, and Angola, although their affinities are subject to question. The earliest known body fossil of a cutlassfish is a specimen tentatively assigned to ''Anenchelum'' from the Ypresian, Early Eocene of Italy. Classification This list of species follows FishB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
