†Cyclopoma gigas Agassiz 1833 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Percichthyidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (1re livraison) 17-32
Belongs to Cyclopoma according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014
See also Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1839 and Bannikov 2014
Sister taxa: Cyclopoma folmeri, Cyclopoma spinosum
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca, Pesciara (FMNH collection) (Eocene of Italy)
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