Chalcidichthys

Chalcidichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric manefish.^[1] It contains a single species, C. malacapterygius, that lived during the Upper Miocene of Southern California.^[2] It is known from the Modelo Formation in Los Angeles County, and specimens were found during construction of a tunnel on Sepulveda Boulevard.^[3][4] It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives.

Chalcidichthys Temporal range: Upper Miocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Caristiidae
Genus:	†Chalcidichthys David, 1943
Species:	†C. malacapterygius
Binomial name
†Chalcidichthys malacapterygius David, 1943

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish