Holoptychius (Gr. holos, 'all,' and ptychē, 'wrinkle'), an extinct genus of Ganoid fishes from Devonian and Carboniferous strata, type of a family the members of which are remarkable for their sculptured or wrinkled scales and extraordinary labyrinthine tooth structure.
Holoptychius
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 749
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