Aeoliscoides

Aeoliscoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived from the early Eocene. It is known from a single species, A. longirostris, from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.^[1][2] It was a member of Centriscidae, making it a relative of modern shrimpfish and snipefish.^[3][4] Its name references its close resemblance to the extant shrimpfish genus Aeoliscus.

Aeoliscoides Temporal range: Early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Specimen at the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Verona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Centriscidae
Genus:	†Aeoliscoides Blot, 1980
Species:	†A. longirostris
Binomial name
†Aeoliscoides longirostris (Blainville, 1818)