''Araeosteus rothi'' is an extinct species of
bony fish
Osteichthyes (), popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes, which have skeletons primarily composed of cartilag ...
closely related to the modern-day
prowfish
The prowfish (''Zaprora silenus'') is a species of scorpaeniform marine fish found in the northern Pacific Ocean. It is the only extant member of the family, Zaproridae. Another species, ''Araeosteus rothi'', is known from Late Miocene marine s ...
, ''Zaprora silenus''. ''A. rothi'' is found in
Late Miocene
The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch (geology), Epoch made up of two faunal stage, stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch, which lasted from 11.63 Ma (million ye ...
marine strata of
Southern California, primarily the Diatom Beds of
Lompoc and the
Santa Monica Mountains.
Etymology
The generic name is a compound word meaning "slender bone." The specific name honors one Almon Edward Roth of
Stanford University
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.
[Jordan, David Starr, Gilbert, James Zaccheus. Fossil fishes of diatom beds of Lompoc, California 192]
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See also
*List of prehistoric bony fish
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References
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Zaproridae
Miocene fish of North America
Fossils of the United States