Dercetis scutatus Agassiz 1834 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1834. Abgerissene Bemerkungen über fossile Fische. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1834:379-390

Belongs to Dercetis according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and J. A. Díaz-Cruz 2021

See also Agassiz 1834, Agassiz 1834, Agassiz 1843, Argyriou 2022 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Dercetis elongatus, Dercetis magnificus, Dercetis triqueter

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dercetis scutatus in the database

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