Dercetidae
| Dercetidae Temporal range: Possible Early Eocene record | |
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| Specimen of Dercetis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Suborder: | †Enchodontoidei |
| Family: | †Dercetidae Woodward, 1901 |
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The Dercetidae are an extinct family of aulopiform fish that are known from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene (and possibly to the Eocene if Stratodus is a member). They are among the many members of the diverse, extinct suborder Enchodontoidei, which were dominant during the Cretaceous. Many genera evolved a very slender body plan with elongated jaws, closely converging on modern needlefish.
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