Blochius
| Blochius Temporal range: | |
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| Blochius longirostris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Istiophoriformes |
| Family: | †Blochiidae Bleeker, 1859 |
| Genus: | †Blochius Volta, 1796 |
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Blochius is an extinct genus of prehistoric billfish from the Eocene. It is only known from the Monte Bolca deposits in Italy, and was likely restricted to shallow, tropical waters of the Tethys Sea.
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