''Caprovesposus'' is an extinct, prehistoric

surgeonfish Acanthuridae are a family (biology), family of ray-finned fish which includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and Naso (fish), unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 Extant taxon, extant species of ocean, marine fish living in tropical seas, usually ...

that inhabited the

Paratethys Sea The Paratethys sea, Paratethys ocean, Paratethys realm or just Paratethys (meaning "beside Tethys"), was a large shallow inland sea that covered much of mainland Europe and parts of western Asia during the middle to late Cenozoic, from the lat ...

during the

Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch (geology), epoch of the Paleogene Geologic time scale, Period that extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that defin ...

. It is known from a single species, ''C. parvus'', from what is now the

North Caucasus The North Caucasus, or Ciscaucasia, is a subregion in Eastern Europe governed by Russia. It constitutes the northern part of the wider Caucasus region, which separates Europe and Asia. The North Caucasus is bordered by the Sea of Azov and the B ...

, Russia. Potential specimens are known from the Miocene of Egypt, but these are poorly preserved and this attribution is uncertain. Known from very small fossils (up to 3 centimeters in length), it was initially described as a boarfish, but later studies found it to represent a pelagic larval ( acronurus) or juvenile stage of a surgeonfish. The adult form is, as yet, unknown.

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Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Acanthuridae Oligocene fish Rupelian genera Fossils of Russia Fossil taxa described in 1960 {{acanthuridae-stub

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