Cyranichthys jagti Taverne and Goolaerts 2015 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and S. Goolaerts. 2015. The dercetid fishes (Teleostei, Aulopiformes) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Belgium and The Netherlands. Geologica Belgica 18(1):21-30

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

See also Taverne and Goolaerts 2015

Sister taxa: Cyranichthys congolensis, Cyranichthys ornatissimus

Type specimen: NHMM 1993 119, a partial skeleton

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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