Eusthenopteron foordi is a fossil fish with fleshy fins (lobe-finned fishes, Sarcopterygii) of the Late Devonian, and has been collected from Miguasha, Canada ^{2), 4)}. Its generic name "Eusthenopteron" means "stout fins" in Greek, and its specific name is derived from its discoverer ⁸⁾.

Erik Jarvik, Swedish palaeontologist, investigated on Eusthenopteron over many decades, contributing to make it a household name ^{3), 6)}.

Eusthenopteron is about 50 ~ 60 cm in length ^{4), 8)}, some may reach over one metre ⁵⁾.

It has a pair of pectral fins supported by humerus, ulna and radius, and a pair of pelvic fins with femur, tibia and fibula. These bones are homologous to those of the tetrapod, however, bones distal to a wrist or ankle are not present ⁴⁾. Tail fin has a characteristic three-pointed shape ⁵⁾.

Eusthenopteron has a pair of "internal nostrils (narises)" (choanae), which is a character shared by the tetrapods (the land vertebrates) ^{6), 9)}. The air flows through the narises into the nasal cavilty, subsequently moves through the choanae into the oral chamber, so Eusthenopteron may have be able to inhale air even if its mouth was closed.

Eusthenopteron had no sufficient adaptation for very shallow water environment, though the closest sarcopterygian to the tetrapoda, indeed they lived a satisfying life as fishes ⁶⁾. Presumably, Eusthenopteron was an ambush predator ¹⁰⁾, and could capture large prey with suction and biting ⁷⁾.

Miguasha cliff, where the fossils have been collected from, seems to be freshwater origin, then Eusthenopteron may have lived in freshwater environments, or brackish-water, such as near estuaries ^{2), 5)}.

Eusthenopteron is classified to the Family Tristichopteridae, which is relatively closer to the tetrapoda crown group (the land vertebrates) among the tetrapodomorph, which contains the tetrapoda crown and its stem ^{1), 2), 6)}. So, Eusthenopteron is closer to the land vertebrates than the lung fishes or the coelacanth (Latimeria) ¹⁾, nevertheless, as described above, Eusthenopteron is entirely aquatic.