''Blochius'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

from the Eocene. It is the only genus of the family Blochiidae. It was described by Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764-1842) in 1800.

Description

''Blochius'' was about 60 cm long and had a very slender elongated body, a narrow head with elongated upper and lower jaws and large eyes.

Species

* ''

Blochius longirostris ''Blochius longirostris'' is a species of prehistoric fish belonging to the family Blochiidae. This fish lived in the middle Eocene (about 50 million years ago) and its fossils have been found exclusively in the well-known Monte Bolca Monte ...

'' Volta, 1796 * ''

Blochius macropterus ''Blochius'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric fish from the Eocene. It is the only genus of the family Blochiidae. It was described by Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764-1842) in 1800. Description ''Blochius'' was about 60 cm long and had a ve ...

'' de Zigno, 1887 * ''

Blochius moorheadi ''Blochius'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric fish from the Eocene. It is the only genus of the family Blochiidae. It was described by Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764-1842) in 1800. Description ''Blochius'' was about 60 cm long and had a ve ...

'' Eastman, 1911 (

nomen dubium In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...

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References

''Blochius''
Paleobiology Database * Harry L. Fierstine: ''Fossil History of Billfishes (Xiphioidei).'' Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 79, Issue 3, Januar 2006, Seiten 433-45
Abstract
* Karl Albert Frickhinger: ''Fossilien Atlas Fische'', Mergus-Verlag, Melle, 1999, Acanthomorpha Eocene fish Prehistoric life of Europe {{paleo-rayfinned-fish-stub