Aeoliscoides

Aeoliscoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.

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)

Description

Aeoliscoides resembled the shrimpfish, an unrelated group of fish. It is mostly brown in fossils, but there were a variety of colors. It lived in the ocean. Its only species is Aeoliscoides longirostris.

Related pages

• Brook silverside
• Neotropical silverside
• Atheriniformes

References

1. "Gasterosteiformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.