Araeosteus
| Araeosteus Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Zaproridae |
| Genus: | †Araeosteus Jordan & Gilbert, 1920 |
| Species: | †A. rothi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Araeosteus rothi Jordan & Gilbert, 1920 | |
Araeosteus is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish, closely related to the modern-day prowfish. It contains a single species, A. rothi which is known from Late Miocene (Tortonian)-aged marine strata in Southern California, primarily the Diatom Beds of Lompoc (Monterey Formation) and the Santa Monica Mountains (Modelo Formation).