Fanteichthys Carnevale 2007 (ray-finned fish)

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

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Type: Fanteichthys torricellensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Torricella Peligna (Miocene of Italy)

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