| Achrestogrammus Temporal range: Late Miocene (Tortonian),
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Hexagrammidae |
| Genus: | †Achrestogrammus Jordan, 1921 |
| Species: | †A. achrestus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Achrestogrammus achrestus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1919)
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Achrestogrammus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of California. It contains a single species, A. achrestus, known from diatomite deposits of the Monterey Formation.1 Although known from only an incomplete specimen, it is thought to be an early greenling.23
Fossils
According to Paleobiology Database in 2025, this genus has no referenced fossils or species.
References
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- Nazarkin, Mikhail Valerievich (1997). "A New Genus and Species of Greenling (Hexagrammidae) from the Miocene of Sakhalin Island". Journal of Ichthyology. 37 (1): 5–13.
- California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.
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