Carangopsis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|50|49|Early Eocene{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |access-date=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archive-date=2009-02-20 }}}}

| image = Carangopsis brevis.jpg

| image_caption = Carangopsis brevis

| taxon = Carangopsis

| authority = Agassiz, 1844

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * †C. brevis (Blainville, 1818)

• †C. dorsalis Agassiz, 1844

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Carangopsis (from {{langx|el|καραγέ}} {{transliteration|el|caranx}}, 'scad/horse mackerel' and {{langx|el|ὄψις}} {{transliteration|el|opsis}} 'look'){{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=George |title=An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology |date=1839 |publisher=Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans |location=London |page=25 |url=https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=English}} is an extinct relative of the bluefish that lived during the early Eocene.{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |access-date=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archive-date=2009-02-20 }}{{Cite web |title=PBDB Taxon |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35978 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=paleobiodb.org}} It contains two species, both from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.{{Cite journal |last1=Carnevale |first1=G. |last2=Bannikov |first2=Alexandre F. |last3=Marramà |first3=G. |last4=Tyler |first4=James C. |last5=Zorzin. |first5=R. |date=2014 |title=The Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte: A window into the Eocene World. 5. The Pesciara- Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Excursion guide |url=https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/149338/1/Carnevale%20et%20al%202014%20The%20Pesciara%20F-L.%20Fishes%20and%20other%20vertebrates2.pdf |journal=Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=i–xxvii |hdl=10088/25678}}

The following species are known:

• †C. brevis (Blainville, 1818)
• †C. dorsalis Agassiz, 1844

Several other species (C. analis, C. latior, and C. maximus) were also described by Agassiz, but are no longer recognized.