Calamostoma

genus of fishes

Calamostoma is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene. It belongs to the order Syngnathiformes and fed on zooplankton in reefs or seagrass beds.

Calamostoma breviculum

Description

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It resembled the ghost pipefish of the genus Solenostomus.

References

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  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
Taxon identifiers
  • Wikidata: Q56324570
  • Fossilworks: 35855
  • GBIF: 5428796