Caprovesposus

Caprovesposus is an extinct, prehistoric surgeonfish that inhabited the Paratethys Sea during the Oligocene. It is known from a single species, C. parvus, from what is now the North Caucasus, Russia. Potential specimens are known from the Miocene of Egypt, but these are poorly preserved and this attribution is uncertain.^[1][2]

Caprovesposus Temporal range: Early Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Acanthuridae
Genus:	†Caprovesposus Daniltshenko, 1960
Species:	†C. parvus
Binomial name
†Caprovesposus parvus Daniltshenko, 1960

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.^[1][3] The adult form is, as yet, unknown.

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish