# Apateopholis

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes}}
{{italic title}}{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|97|93.5|[Cenomanian](/source/Cenomanian)}}
| image = Apateopholis laniatus.JPG
| image_caption = Fossil specimen
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Apateopholis laniatus
| grandparent_authority = Goody, 1969
| authority = (Davis, 1887)
| parent_authority = [Woodward](/source/Arthur_Smith_Woodward), 1891
| synonyms = * ''Rhinellus laniatus'' <small>Davis, 1887</small>
}}{{Distinguish|Apateodus}}
'''''Apateopholis''''' (meaning "confusing scale") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine [ray-finned fish](/source/Actinopterygii). It is the only member of the family '''Apateopholidae''' and contains a single species, '''''A. laniatus''','' from the [Cenomanian](/source/Cenomanian) of [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon). It was a relative of modern [lizardfish](/source/Synodontidae) and [lancetfish](/source/lancetfish) in the order [Aulopiformes](/source/Aulopiformes).<ref>{{Cite web |title=PBDB |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35556&is_real_user=1 |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=paleobiodb.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Silva |first1=Hilda M. A |last2=Gallo |first2=Valéria |title=Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) |journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |date=June 2011 |volume=83 |issue=2 |pages=483–511 |doi=10.1590/S0001-37652011000200010 |pmid=21670874 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Forey |first1=Peter L. |last2=Yi |first2=Lu |last3=Patterson |first3=Colin |last4=Davies |first4=Cliff E. |title=Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |date=January 2003 |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=227–330 |doi=10.1017/S147720190300107X |bibcode=2003JSPal...1..227F |s2cid=85606708 }}</ref> At least one study has found it to be a potential sister genus to the enigmatic ''[Yabrudichthys](/source/Yabrudichthys)'' of the [West Bank](/source/West_Bank).<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Chida |first1=Mori |date=2022 |title=A new species of dercetid and the assessment of the phylogeny of the Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) |doi=10.7939/r3-nqmz-nf15 }}{{pn|date=February 2024}}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Monotypic prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Category:Fossils of Lebanon
Category:Cenomanian genera
Category:Taxa named by Arthur Smith Woodward
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1891
Category:Late Cretaceous fish of Asia

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