In Depth
Bearing a strong resemblance to the much better known Enchodus, Veridagon is a genus of predatory fish that lived during the late Cretaceous. The name Veridagon translates as ‘true Dagon’, and was picked because the name Dagon by itself had already been used for a genus of butterfly. Anyone familiar with the works of H. P. Lovecraft will be familiar that Dagon was the deity of the Deep Ones. Also the Philistines were recorded as having a fish god also called Dagon. These were the inspirations for the genus name of this fish.
Further Reading
- Dagon avendanoi gen. and sp. nov., an Early Cenomanian Enchodontidae (Aulopiformes) fish from the El Chango quarry, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico. - Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 91: 272–284. - Jes�s Alberto D�az-Cruz, Jes�s Alvarado-Ortega & Gerardo Carbot-Chanona - 2019.
