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Genus: | Psettopsis
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Species: | P. subarcuatus
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Psettopsis subarcuatus Blot 1969
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Psettopsis subarcuatus is an extinct, prehistoric moonyfish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of Monte Bolca, Italy. [1]
It had large, rounded dorsal and anal fins, and was a comparatively large fish, being about 45 centimeters long, much larger than its relative, Pasaichthys.