Berycopsis

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Berycopsis
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Polymixiiformes
Family: Polymixiidae
Genus: Berycopsis

Berycopsis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Cretaceous period. It was about 35 cm (1 ft 2 in) long and one of the first members of the Acanthopterygii, which includes the present day barracuda, swordfish, seahorse and flatfish. Berycopsis belonged to the still existing beardfish family.