Caeus Explained

Caeus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish, closely related to the modern milkfish. It contains a single species, C. leopoldi from the Early Cretaceous of the Pietraroja Plattenkalk, Italy.^[1] It is one of the largest teleosts known from the Pietraroja formation, and is known by only a single specimen.^[2]

It was first described as a genus without a species in 1857, before being officially described as a proper species in 1860. Some authorities have placed it as a species of the modern genus Chanos, but further studies have affirmed it as being a distinct genus. It is thought to be phylogenetically intermediate between Parachanos and Dastilbe.^[3]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

External links

• Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: PBDB Taxon . 2024-04-03 . paleobiodb.org.
2. Taverne . Louis . Capasso . Luigi . 2017 . Osteology and relationships of Caeus (“ Chanos ”) leopoldi (Teleostei, Gonorynchiformes, Chanidae) from the marine Albian (Early Cretaceous) of Pietraroja (Campania, southern Italy) . Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona . 41 . 03-20.
3. Murray . Alison M. . Brinkman . Donald B. . Friedman . Matt . Krause . David W. . 2023-03-04 . A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . en . 43 . 2 . 10.1080/02724634.2023.2255630 . 0272-4634.