Palaeoatherina

Palaeoatherina is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.

 Description 
It may have resembled the brook silverside. It resembles an eel or a sardine in some drawings. We don't know what it looks like. It was a slender ray-finned fish. It was long but shorter than an eel. 

 Classification 
Palaeoatherina is a prehistoric atheriniform fish. It is not assigned to any family, and is only assigned to the order Atheriniformes. Some people think it is assigned to orders like Perciformes, Labriformes, Clupeiformes, Esociformes, or Osmeriformes.

 Related pages 
 Atheriniformes, the order where Palaeoatherina is placed
 Leedsichthys
 Rhenanoperca

Category:Extinct fish
Category:Teleosts