''Bregmacerina'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine
ray-finned fish, most likely a
codlet, that lived during the early part of the
Miocene epoch.
It contains a single species, ''B. antiqua'', from the
Burdigalian Sakaraul Horizon Formation of
North Caucasus, Russia.
''Bregmacerina'' inhabited the
Paratethys Sea
The Paratethys sea, Paratethys ocean, Paratethys realm or just Paratethys was a large shallow inland sea that stretched from the region north of the Alps over Central Europe to the Aral Sea in Central Asia.
Paratethys was peculiar due to its pal ...
. There is some dispute as to whether it is a codlet, as while it shares traits with ''
Bregmaceros
Codlets are a family, Bregmacerotidae, of cod-like fishes, containing the single genus ''Bregmaceros'' found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world. They are very small fishes and even the largest, ''B. lanceolatus'', reaches onl ...
'' in the reduction of the first dorsal fin, it differs in having undivided second dorsal and anal fins. However, an alternative taxonomic placement has not been suggested.
See also
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Prehistoric fish
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List of prehistoric bony fish
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References
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Bregmacerotidae
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Miocene fishes of Europe
Burdigalian genera
Fossils of Russia
Fossil taxa described in 1957