Caturus chirotes Agassiz 1842 (bowfin)

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae

Alternative combination: Eugnathus chirotes

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1842. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (14me livraison)

Belongs to Caturus according to B. G. Gardiner 1960

See also Agassiz 1842 and Agassiz 1843

Sister taxa: Caturus agassizi, Caturus angustus, Caturus branchiostegus, Caturus bucklandi, Caturus chaperi, Caturus dartoni, Caturus elongatus, Caturus ferox, Caturus furcatus, Caturus heterurus, Caturus latipennis, Caturus latus, Caturus macrodus, Caturus macrurus, Caturus maximus, Caturus meyeri, Caturus microchirus, Caturus nuchalis, Caturus pachyurus, Caturus pleiodus, Caturus porteri, Caturus retrodorsalis, Caturus similis, Caturus stenospondylus, Caturus stenoura, Uraeus macrurus, Uraeus pachyurus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caturus chirotes in the database

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