Araeosteus is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish, closely related to the modern-day prowfish. It contains a single species, A. rothi which is known from Late Miocene (Tortonian)-aged marine strata in Southern California, primarily the Diatom Beds of Lompoc (Monterey Formation) and the Santa Monica Mountains (Modelo Formation).
Etymology The generic name is a compound word meaning "slender bone." The specific name honors one Almon Edward Roth of Stanford University.Jordan, David Starr, Gilbert, James Zaccheus. Fossil fishes of diatom beds of Lompoc, California 1920
See also List of prehistoric bony fish
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