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Genus: | Araeosteus
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Species: | A. rothi
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Araeosteus rothi Jordan and Gilbert, 1920
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Araeosteus rothi is an extinct species of bony fish closely related to the modern-day prowfish, Zaprora silenus. A. rothi is found in Late Miocene marine strata of Southern California, primarily the Diatom Beds of Lompoc and the Santa Monica Mountains.[1]
The generic name is a compound word meaning "slender bone." The specific name honors one Almon Edward Roth of Stanford University.[2]