Callipteryx

Callipteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine trachiniform fish that lived during the early Eocene. It is the only known member of the extinct family Callipterygidae. It is thought to have been a relative of weeverfishes.

It contains two species, both from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy:


 * C. recticaudus Agassiz, 1838
 * C. speciosus Agassiz, 1838