Beaumontoperca
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Moroniformes |
| Family: | Moronidae |
| Genus: | †Beaumontoperca Gaudant, 2000 |
| Species: | †B. beaumonti
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| †Beaumontoperca beaumonti (Agassiz, 1836)
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Beaumontoperca is an extinct genus of freshwater or estuarine temperate bass known from Late Oligocene. It contains a single species, B. beaumonti, from the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of Aix-en-Provence, France.[1][2][3]
Initially described by Louis Agassiz as Perca beaumonti, it was moved into its own genus, Beaumontoperca, in 2000 following further studies. It is considered to likely be a member of the Moronidae due to the morphology of its saccular otolith.[3][4]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish