A new species of Caproidae (Acanthomorpha, Teleostei) from the Messinian (upper Miocene) of Oran (Algeria)

The boarfish Capros arambourgi n. sp. (Acanthomorpha, Caproidae) is described from the marine upper Miocene (Messinian, 5.6-5 Ma) of Algeria and Italy. Examination of several late Miocene boarfish specimens from the Messinian of the Mediterranean basin – from Oran (Algeria), Gabbro and Mondaino (Italy) – that had been previously described as the Recent Capros Aper (Linnaeus, 1758) indicates that the Messinian boarfish differs from C. aper by a lower number of soft rays in the dorsal and anal fins as well as a more posterior position of the anterior angle of the supraoccipital crest.