Clupeopsis

Clupeopsis; Temporal range: Middle Eocene (Ypresian)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Superfamily:	Engrauloidea
Family:	†Clupeopsidae
Genus:	†Clupeopsis; Casier, 1946
Species:	†C. straeleni
Binomial name
	†Clupeopsis straeleni; Casier, 1946

Clupeopsis is an extinct genus of anchovy. It contains a single species, C. straeleni, from the Early Eocene (Ypresian) of Belgium. It features a unique fang from its upper jaw, something also seen in Monosmilus. However, there is a lack of a living analogue to this.

Related pages

Monosmilus

References

↑ Casier, Edgar (1946). "La faune ichthyologique de l'Yprésien de la Belgique". Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 104: 1–267.
1 2 Capobianco, Alessio; Beckett, Hermione T.; Steurbaut, Etienne; Gingerich, Philip D.; Carnevale, Giorgio; Friedman, Matt (May 2020). "Large-bodied sabre-toothed anchovies reveal unanticipated ecological diversity in early Palaeogene teleosts". Royal Society Open Science. 7 (5) 192260. Bibcode:2020RSOS....792260C. doi:10.1098/rsos.192260. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 7277248. PMID 32537214.

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[1] Casier, Edgar (1946). "La faune ichthyologique de l'Yprésien de la Belgique". Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 104: 1–267.

[:0-2] 1 2 Capobianco, Alessio; Beckett, Hermione T.; Steurbaut, Etienne; Gingerich, Philip D.; Carnevale, Giorgio; Friedman, Matt (May 2020). "Large-bodied sabre-toothed anchovies reveal unanticipated ecological diversity in early Palaeogene teleosts". Royal Society Open Science. 7 (5) 192260. Bibcode:2020RSOS....792260C. doi:10.1098/rsos.192260. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 7277248. PMID 32537214.