Diaphantes
Extinct genus of ray-finned fish
Diaphantes Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Trichodontidae |
Genus: | †Diaphantes Nazarkin & Voskoboinikova, 2000 |
Species: | †D. tilesii |
Binomial name | |
†Diaphantes tilesii Nazarkin & Voskoboinikova, 2000 |
Diaphantes is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichodontidae, the sandfishes. Its only species, D. tilesii, was found in the Middle Miocene-aged Agnevskaya Formation of Sakhalin in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.[1][2]