Caprovesposus is an extinct, prehistoric surgeonfish that inhabited the Paratethys Sea during the Oligocene. It is known from a single species, C. parvus, from what is now the North Caucasus, Russia. Potential specimens are known from the Miocene of Egypt, but these are poorly preserved and this attribution is uncertain.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Genus: | †Caprovesposus Daniltshenko, 1960 |
| Species: | †C. parvus
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| †Caprovesposus parvus Daniltshenko, 1960
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Known from very small fossils (up to 3 centimeters in length), it was initially described as a boarfish, but later studies found it to represent a pelagic larval (acronurus) or juvenile stage of a surgeonfish.[1][3] The adult form is, as yet, unknown.
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References edit
- ^ a b Bannikov, A. F.; Tyler (1992). "Caprovesposus from the Oligocene of Russia: the pelagic acronurus presettlement stage of a surgeonfish (Teleostei: Acanthuridae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 105 (4).
- ^ Tyler, James C.; Micklich, Norbert R. (2011-10-01). "A new genus and species of surgeon fish (Perciformes, Acanthuridae) from the Oligocene of Kanton Glarus, Switzerland". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 130 (2): 203–216. doi:10.1007/s13358-011-0016-5. ISSN 1664-2384.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
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