Xiphiorhynchus elegans Van Beneden 1871 (sword fish)

Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae

Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1871. Recherches sur quelques poissons fossiles de la Belgique. Bulletin de la Academie Royale de Belgique 31:493-418

Belongs to Xiphiorhynchus according to H. L. Fierstine and G. L. Stringer 2007

See also Casier 1966, Fierstine 2006, Monsch 2004 and Van Beneden 1871

Sister taxa: Xiphiorhynchus aegyptiacus, Xiphiorhynchus courcelli, Xiphiorhynchus eocaenicus, Xiphiorhynchus homalorhamphus, Xiphiorhynchus hungaricus, Xiphiorhynchus kimblalocki, Xiphiorhynchus parvus, Xiphiorhynchus rotundus, Xiphiorhynchus rupeliensis

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Xiphiorhynchus elegans in the database

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