Dercetoides

{{Short description|Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|100.5|97|Early Cenomanian}} | taxon = Dercetoides venator | authority = Chalifa, 1989 | parent_authority = Chalifa, 1989 }}

'''''Dercetoides''''' (meaning "resemblant of ''Dercetis''") is a genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous period.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=PBDB Taxon |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35562 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=paleobiodb.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chalifa |first=Yael |date=1989-09-28 |title=Two new species of longirostrine fishes from the Early Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Ein-Yabrud, Israel, with comments on the phylogeny of the Dercetidae |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.1989.10011765 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=314–328 |doi=10.1080/02724634.1989.10011765 |issn=0272-4634|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It contains a single species, '''''D. venator''''', known from the early Cenomanian-aged Amminadav Formation of the West Bank, Palestine.<ref name=":0" /> It was a member of the Dercetidae, a group of elongated aulopiforms that were related to modern lancetfish and lizardfish.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Silva |first=Hilda M. A. |last2=Gallo |first2=Valéria |date=2011 |title=Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) |url=https://www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/vPvQZ4v493QvhCLL9wh9zDb/ |journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |language=en |volume=83 |pages=483–511 |doi=10.1590/S0001-37652011000200010 |issn=0001-3765|doi-access=free }}</ref>

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Category:Dercetidae Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Category:Late Cretaceous fish of Asia Category:Late Cretaceous bony fish Category:Cenomanian genera Category:Fossils of Palestine Category:Fossil taxa described in 1989