Aeoliscus
| Aeoliscus Temporal range:
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| Razorfish (A. strigatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Centriscidae |
| Subfamily: | Centriscinae |
| Genus: | D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| Amphisile strigata Günther, 1861
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Aeoliscus is a genus of shrimpfishes found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are currently two recognized extant species of Aeoliscus in this genus:[2]
- Aeoliscus punctulatus (Bianconi, 1854) (speckled shrimpfish)
- Aeoliscus strigatus (Günther, 1861) (razorfish)
The following fossil species are also known:[3]
- †Aeoliscus apscheronicus (Lednev, 1914) - Early Miocene of North Caucasus, Russia & Azerbaijan; Middle Miocene of Austria[3]
- †Aeoliscus distinctus Parin & Micklich, 1996 - Early Oligocene of Germany
- †Aeoliscus heinrichi (Heckel, 1850) - Early Oligocene of France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Romania, Ukraine & Azerbaijan
- †Aeoliscus kabristanicus Menner, 1950 - Late Oligocene of Azerbaijan
- †Aeoliscus longispinus (Rozhdestvensky, 1949) - Late Oligocene of Poland & Ukraine
- †Aeoliscus teleajensis (Jonet, 1949) - Early Oligocene of Romania & Poland
References
- ^ Jordan, David Starr; Starks, Edwin Chapin (1902). "A Review of the Hemibranchiate Fishes of Japan". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26 (1308): 71–72.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aeoliscus". FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ^ a b Schultz, Ortwin (2005). "Rasiermesserfische (Aeoliscus: Centriscidae, Osteichthyes) aus dem Badenium (Mittel-Miozän) von St. Margarethen im Burgenland, Österreich (Zentrale Paratethys)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie. 107: 71–85. ISSN 0255-0091.