Lampris zatima
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lampriformes
Family: Lampridae
Genus: Lampris
Species:
L. zatima
Binomial name
Lampris zatima
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Diatomoeca zatima Jordan & Gilbert, 1920
  • Dasceles dassurus Jordan, 1925

Lampris zatima is the oldest known opah of the genus Lampris, from the Late Miocene of Southern California[1] (the giant opah of the genus Megalampris, of Late Oligocene New Zealand, is older). Its fossil record is rather poor, known primarily from isolated vertebral columns, and a few headless specimens.[2] Alive, it is estimated to have been around 20 to 30 centimeters long.

Mistakenly, it was later re-described as a surfperch, Dascles dassurus.[3]

References

  1. ↑ David, Lore Rose. January 10, 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California The Society
  2. ↑ David, Lore Rose. January 10, 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California The Society
  3. ↑ Jordan, David Starr, The Fossil Fishes of the Miocene of Southern California


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