Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Moridae
Generic name: Fante, the name honours the Italo-American writer John Fante whose parents came from Torricella Peligna; and ichthys, a fish (in Greek).
Full reference: G. Carnevale. 2007. Fossil fishes from the Serravallian (Middle Miocene) of Torricella Peligna, Italy. Palaeontographia Italica 91:1-67
Parent taxon: Moridae according to L. J. Legendre et al. 2020
See also Carnevale 2007
Sister taxa: Actuariolum, Auchenoceros, Austrophycis, Eophycis, Gadella, Laemonema, Lepidion, Lotella, Mora, Onobrosmius, Paralaemonema, Physiculinorum, Physiculus, Pseudophycis, Tripterophycis
Subtaxa: Fanteichthys torricellensis
Type: Fanteichthys torricellensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Torricella Peligna (Miocene of Italy)
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