Ductor

Ductor (Latin for "leader", referencing its resemblance and potential relation to the pilotfish, Naucrates ductor) is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the early Eocene.^[1] It contains a single species, D. vestenae, known from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.^[2] It is the only member of the family Ductoridae. It is the earliest representative of the suborder Echeneoidei, and is thought to be most closely related to cobias and dolphinfish.^[3]

Ductor Temporal range: Early Eocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Specimen at Teylers Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Carangoidei
Family:	†Ductoridae Blot, 1969
Genus:	†Ductor Agassiz, 1834
Species:	†D. vestenae
Binomial name
†Ductor vestenae (Volta, 1796)
Synonyms
Ductor leptosomus Agassiz, 1834

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish