Callipteryx
Extinct genus of fishes
Callipteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine percomorph fish that lived during the early Eocene. It is the only known member of the extinct family Callipterygidae. It contains a single species, C. speciosus (=C. recticaudus), known from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.
It was initially thought to have been a relative of weeverfishes. However, a more recent analysis suggests that it cannot be classified within any of the known percomorph groups. It may potentially be an indeterminate perciform.
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