Aramichthys

Aramichthys ("Aram fish") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine scombrid fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.^[2][1][3] It contains a single species, A. dammeseki ("of Damascus") from Syria. Its remains were recovered from a chalk-marl quarry in the vicinity of Dummar.^[2][4][5]

Aramichthys Temporal range: Middle Eocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Scombridae
Genus:	†Aramichthys Signeux, 1959
Species:	†A. dammeseki
Binomial name
†Aramichthys dammeseki Signeux, 1959