Acentrophryne
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| Genus: | Acentrophryne Regan, 1926
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Acentrophryne is a genus of leftvents known from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Fossils of the type species, A. longidens, have been found in Late Miocene strata of Rosedale, California.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Acentrophryne dolichonema Pietsch & Shimazaki, 2005
- Acentrophryne longidens Regan, 1926
References
- ^ CARNEVALE & PIETSCH "THE DEEP-SEA ANGLERFISH GENUS ACENTROPHRYNE (TELEOSTEI, CERATIOIDEI, LINOPHRYNIDAE) IN THE MIOCENE OF CALIFORNIA" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(2):372–378, June 2009 [1]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Acentrophryne in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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