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Ductor

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Ductor
Temporal range: Early- Middle Eocene[1]
Ductor vestenae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Genus: Ductor
Agassiz, 1834
Species
  • D. leptosomus
  • D. vestenae

Ductor is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.[1] Fossils are found in Monte Bolca.

In life, species of Ductor would have resembled pilot fish, though, they are more closely related to the jackfish. Some experts place Ductor into its own family, "Ductoridae," while others place the genus within the closely related Carangidae.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.