Palaeoatherina
Palaeoatherina is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. It is called the prehistoric atheriniform because we all know that Palaeoatherina is the only prehistoric Atheriniformes.
Description
It may have resembled the brook silverside. It resembles an eel or a sardine in some drawings. We don't know what it looks like. It was a slender ray-finned fish. It was long but shorter than an eel.
Classification
Palaeoatherina is a prehistoric atheriniform fish. It is not assigned to any family, and is only assigned to the order Atheriniformes. Some people think it is assigned to orders like Perciformes, Labriformes, Clupeiformes, Esociformes, or Osmeriformes.
Related pages
- Atheriniformes, the order where Palaeoatherina is placed
- Leedsichthys
- Rhenanoperca
Other websites
- Palaeoatherina on English Wikipedia