Pristigenys

Pristigenys is an extinct genus of fish in the family Priacanthidae. Fossils of the only species, P. substriata, have been found in the Eocene of Mount Bolca, Italy. The closely related extant genus Pseudopriacanthus was previously synonymized with Pristigenys, but has been recently revalidated based on numerous differences in the cranial region and the fins.[3]

Pristigenys Temporal range: late Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype of P. substriata: MNHN.F.BOL529.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Priacanthidae
Genus:	†Pristigenys Agassiz, 1835[1]
Type species
†Chaetodon substriatus Blainville, 1818[2]

References

1. Agassiz, L. (1835). "Kritische Revision der in der Ittiolitologia Veronese abgebildeten fossilen Fische". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petreraktenkunde. 1835: 299.
2. de Blainville, H. D. (1818). "Des Ichthyolites du Monte Bolca, ou Vestena Nuova dans le Veronais". Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. 18. Paris: Deterville. p. 352.
3. Carnevale, Giorgio; Johnson, G. David; Marramà, Giuseppe; Bannikov, Alexandre F. (2017). "A reappraisal of the Eocene priacanthid fish Pristigenys substriata (Blainville, 1818) from Monte Bolca, Italy". Journal of Paleontology. 91 (3): 554–565. doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.19.

Further reading

• Nelson, J. S. (1994). Fishes of the World, Third Edition.. xvii + 600. John Wiley and Sons. New York. ISBN 0-471-54713-1.
• Starnes, Wayne C. (1988). "Revision, Phylogeny and Biogeographic Comments on the Circumtropical Marine Percoid Fish Family Priacanthidae". Bulletin of Marine Science. 43 (2): 117–203.