Cyttoides

Cyttoides
Temporal range: Early Oligocene[1]
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Zeiformes
Family: Cyttidae
Genus: †Cyttoides
Wettstein, 1886
Species:
†C. glaronensis
Binomial name
†Cyttoides glaronensis
Wettstein, 1886

Cyttoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch in the seas over Europe. It contains a single species, C. glaronensis from Canton Glarus, Switzerland. It was a zeiform related to the extant genus Cyttus.[1][2][3][4][5]

The modern king dory (Cyttus traversi) was briefly classified into the genus Cyttoides, but was reclassified back when that genus was found to be preoccupied by C. glaronensis.[6]

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  6. ^ Eschmeyer, William N. (1990). Catalog of the Genera of Recent Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-0-940228-23-8.