A large amiid fish whose modern representative is the bowfin.
Calamopleurus as a name has been retained under the International code of Zoological Nomenclature, however, it is now more widely known as Enneles audax after Jordan and Branner, 1908.
Even Vinctifer, another famous Santana fish, is believed to have been one of this fish's prey.
SPECIMEN NAME
Calamopleurus cylindricus
TYPE SPECIES
Calamopleurus cylindricus
Agassiz, 1841
CLASSIFICATION
Division HALECOSTOMI;
Subdivision HALECOMORPHI;
Family AMIIDAE
(Bonaparte, 1837);
Subfamily AMIINAE
(Patterson, 1973)
SPECIMEN LOCATED
Natural History Museum (UK)
PHOTO BY
Isabel Francais