List of prehistoric bony fish genera
The following list of prehistoric fishes is not a completely comprehensive list. Not all are listed here, only the ray-finned fish. Genera will have links to their corresponding articles, but species will not have any links.
This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a simple yet comprehensive listing of not all genera, but only a few examples.
List of prehistoric bony fish change
Abadzekhia change
Main article: Abadzekhia
Abadzekhia is an extinct genus of Oligocene snake mackerel.
Aeoliscoides change
Main article: Aeoliscoides
Aeoliscoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.
Aglyptorhynchus change
Main article: Aglyptorhynchus
Aglyptorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish from the order Scombriformes.
Allomorone change
Main article: Allomorone
Allomorone is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
Amphiperca change
Main article: Amphiperca
Amphiperca is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.
Amiopsis change
Main article: Amiopsis
Amiopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
Aeduella change
Main article: Aeduella
Aeduella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
Aulorhamphus change
Main article: Aulorhamphus
Aulorhamphus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.
Ascalabos change
Main article: Ascalabos
Ascalabos is an extinct genus of prehistoric actinopterygian fish known from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany. It contains one species, A. voithii.
Archaeolepidotus change
Main article: Archaeolepidotus
Archaeolepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.
Bolinichthyes change
Main article: Bolinichthyes
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Bolinichthyes is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish, a member of the order Myctophiformes. Its only species is Bolinichthyes longipes.
Beerichthys change
Main article: Beerichthys
Beerichthys ingens is an extinct prehistoric bony fish that was a member of the Ypresian London Clay fauna of lower Eocene England.
Bawitius change
Main article: Bawitius
Bawitius is an extinct genus of gargantuan bichir from the Upper Cretaceous.
Bobasatrania change
Main article: Bobasatrania
Bobasatrania is an extinct bony fish from the Triassic.
Caturus change
Main article: Caturus
Caturus (from Greek: κατω kato, 'down' and Greek: οὐρά ourá 'tail') is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish related to the modern-day bowfin. It is possibly non-monophyletic.
Chibapsetta change
Main article: Chibapsetta
Chibapsetta dolichurostyli is an extinct, prehistoric right-eye flounder that lived during the Pleistocene epoch in what is now Japan.
Calamostoma change
Main article: Calamostoma
Calamostoma is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that belongs to the order Syngnathiformes. It lived from the early to middle Eocene.
Cimolichthys change
Miain article: Cimolichthys
Cimolichthys is an extinct genus of nektonic aulopiformid fish.
Dalpiazella change
Main article: Dalpiazella
Dalpiazella brevicauda is an extinct species of eel.
Daedalichthys change
Main article: Daedalichthys
Daedalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.
Gabanellia change
Main article: Gabanellia
Gabanellia is an extinct, prehistoric perleidiform from the Late Triassic.
Heterolepidotus change
Main article: Heterolepidotus
Heterolepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish, a member of the Amiiformes.
Ichthyokentema change
Main article: Ichthyokentema
Ichthyokentema (meaning "fish-goad") is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish that has one species called Ichthyokentema purbeckensis.
Kyphosichthys change
Main article: Kyphosichthys
Kyphosichthys is an extinct genus of basal actinopterygian.
Leedsichthys change
Main article: Leedsichthys
Leedsichthys is an extinct genus of giant pachycormid. It has two species, the type being Leedsichthys problematicus, and the other being Leedsichthys notocetes. Leedsichthys is the largest fish known, with an estimated length of up to 16 metres.
Lompoquia change
Main article: Lompoquia
Lompoquia retropes is an extinct species of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae.
Palaeoatherina change
Main article: Palaeoatherina
Palaeoatherina is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
Rhenanoperca change
Main article: Rhenanoperca
Rhenanoperca is an extinct genus of prehistoric perciform fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene. It is a kind of fossil fish.
Robustichthys change
Main article: Robustichthys
Scombroclupea change
Main article: Scombroclupea
Scombroclupea is an extinct, prehistoric clupeiform that lived during the Cenomanian.
Serenoichthys change
Main article: Serenoichthys
Serenoichthys kemkemsis is an extinct genus of small bichir.
Trachicaranx change
Main article: Trachicaranx
Trachicaranx tersus is an extinct, prehistoric jackfish from what is now Turkmenistan.
Tungtingichthys change
Main article: Tungtingichthys
Tungtingichthys is an extinct, prehistoric perciform that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch of China.
Uarbryichthys change
Main article: Uarbryichthys
Uarbryichthys is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Upper Jurassic of Australia.
Urosphen change
Main article: Urosphen
Urosphen is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.
Xiphactinus change
Main article: Xiphactinus
Xiphactinus (from Latin and Greek for "sword-ray") was a large, 4.5 to 5 m (15 to 20 feet) long predatory bony fish that lived during the late Albian to the late Maastrichtian. It looked like a giant, fanged tarpon.
Zignoichthys change
Main article: Zignoichthys
Zignoichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric pufferfish. In life, it would have resembled a paunchy triggerfish.
Zaphlegulus change
Main article: Zaphlegulus
Zaphlegulus is an extinct genus of mackerel-like fish found off the coast of what is now California during the late Miocene. It belongs to the family Euzaphlegidae. The type species is Zaphlegulus venturaensis.
Zeuchthiscus change
Main article: Zeuchthiscus
Zeuchthiscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived in Australia during the Early Triassic Period.
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References change
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- Friedman, Matt (2007-08-10). "Styloichthys as the oldest coelacanth: implications for early osteichthyan interrelationships"[permanent dead link] (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5 (3): 289–343. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002052. S2CID 83712134. Retrieved 2007-12-28. [dead link]