''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 ...
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
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is ...
'' Volta, 1796
* ''
Blochius macropterus'' de Zigno, 1887
* ''
Blochius moorheadi'' Eastman, 1911 (
nomen dubium)
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
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