Cyranichthys ornatissimus Casier 1965

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Alternative combination: Dercetis ornatissimus

Full reference: E. Casier. 1965. Poissons fossiles de la serie du Kwango (Congo). Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale - Tervuren, Belgique - Annales - Serie IN-8 - Sciences Geologiques 50:1-64

Belongs to Cyranichthys according to M. Chida et al. 2023

See also Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz 2021 and Casier 1965

Sister taxa: Cyranichthys congolensis, Cyranichthys jagti

Type specimen: 10.951 RPMT, a skull

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cyranichthys ornatissimus in the database

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