Zenion

Zenion is a genus of zeniontid fish which is known from the fossil record, but is still extant.

Zenion
Temporal range: Pliocene to Present[1]
Zenion leptolepis
Zenion hololepis
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Zenion

Species

There are currently four recognized recent species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Zenion in FishBase. October 2012 version.


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