Bregmacerina Temporal range: Early Miocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Bregmacerotidae
Genus:	†Bregmacerina Daniltshenko, 1957
Species:	†B. antiqua
Binomial name
†Bregmacerina antiqua (Smirnov, 1936)
Synonyms
Motella antiqua Smirnov, 1936 Bregmacerinia (misspelling)

Bregmacerina is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish, most likely a codlet, that lived during the early part of the Miocene epoch.^[2][1][3] It contains a single species, B. antiqua, from the Burdigalian Sakaraul Horizon Formation of North Caucasus, Russia.^[4]

Bregmacerina inhabited the Paratethys Sea. There is some dispute as to whether it is a codlet, as while it shares traits with Bregmaceros in the reduction of the first dorsal fin, it differs in having undivided second dorsal and anal fins. However, an alternative taxonomic placement has not been suggested.^[5]

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