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Genus: | Pasaichthys
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Species: | P. pleuronectiformis
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Pasaichthys pleuronectiformis Blot, 1969
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Pasaichthys pleuronectiformis is an extinct, prehistoric moonyfish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of Monte Bolca, Italy. [1] The average length of its fossils is about 6 centimeters. In life, it would probably resemble its living relatives of the genus Monodactylus.