A new species of the surgeonfish genus †Caprovesposus (Acanthuridae) from the Lower to Middle Miocene of the North Caucasus, Russia
Journal: Zootaxa
Year: 2025

A new species of fossil surgeonfish, †Caprovesposus daniltshenkoi sp. nov., is described based upon two specimens from the terminal Maikopian (upper Lower to lower Middle Miocene; not less than 15 mya) in the northwestern Caucasus. The specimens were excavated from brownish gray clays in the bank of the Pshekha River in the Krasnodar Region of Apsheronsk District, Russia. Both specimens are in the acronurus presettlement stage of development and are placed within the formerly monotypic genus †Ca