The holostean fish genus Ophiopsis Agassiz

A. W. H. BARTRAM

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · 1975 · 42 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Material of the fossil holostean genus Ophiopsis has been re-examined. The immediate sister-group of Ophiopsis is the genus Macrepistius Cope. The latter belongs to the family Caturidae, a paraphyletic assemblage. A new family, the Ophiopsidae, is established here to include Ophiopsis and Macrepistius. Specializations which may relate other caturids to this family are discussed.

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