2015 in paleoichthyology
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This list of fossil fishes described in 2015 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes and other fishes of every kind that have been described during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of fishes that occurred in the year 2015. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
Research
- A study of the body sizes of Devonian and Carboniferous vertebrates (jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, cartilaginous fishes, ray-finned fishes and sarcopterygians, including tetrapods) is published by Sallan & Galimberti (2015), who conclude that following the Hangenberg event the majority of vertebrate lineages experienced persistent reductions in body size for at least 36 million years, and that the few large-bodied survivors of the Hangenberg event failed to diversify, while small-bodied survivors gave rise to all subsequent vertebrate lineages.[1]
- A study on the skull anatomy of Acanthodes and its implications for inferring the phylogenetic placement of acanthodians is published by Brazeau & de Winter (2015).[2]
- A study on the fossil specimens considered to be either decomposed or immature specimens of Triazeugacanthus affinis is published by Chevrinais, Cloutier & Sire (2015), who reinterpret the variation initially thought to be caused by various degrees of decomposition as corresponding to ontogenetic changes.[3]
- A study on the development of saw-teeth in the Cretaceous ray Schizorhiza stromeri is published by Smith et al. (2015).[4]
- Three large mackerel shark vertebrae, interpreted as belonging to a single individual with a calculated total body length of 6.3 m, are described from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation (Texas, United States) by Frederickson, Schaefer & Doucette-Frederickson (2015).[5]
New taxa
Jawless vertebrates
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Van der Brugghen |
Silurian (early Wenlock) |
A member of Euphaneropidae. The type species is Ciderius cooperi. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Elliott, Schultze & Blieck |
Devonian (Lochkovian) |
Drake Bay Formation |
A pteraspid heterostracan. The type species is Mitraspis cracens. |
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Rhegmaspis[8] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gai et al. |
Devonian (Pragian) |
A gantarostrataspidid huananaspidiform galeaspid. The type species is Rhegmaspis xiphoidea. |
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Siyingia perlatuspinosa[9] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Si, Gai & Zhao |
Devonian (Lochkovian) |
A polybranchiaspidid galeaspid, a species of Siyingia. |
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Tolypelepis mielnikensis[10] |
Sp. nov |
Disputed |
Dec |
Silurian (Pridoli) |
A member of Tolypelepidida, a species of Tolypelepis. Märss (2019) considered it to be a junior synonym of T. undulata.[11] |
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Placoderms
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Rücklin, Long & Trinajstic |
Late Devonian |
A selenosteid arthrodire. The type species is Driscollaspis pankowskiorum. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Olive, Prestianni & Dupret |
Devonian (late Famennian) |
A phlyctaeniid arthrodire, a species of Groenlandaspis. |
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Grossilepis rikiki[14] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Olive |
Devonian (late Famennian) |
A member of Antiarchi, a species of Grossilepis. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Pan et al. |
Devonian (late Emsian) |
A quasipetalichthyid petalichthyid. The type species is Pauropetalichthys magnoculus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Olive |
Devonian (Famennian) |
A member of Antiarchi, a species of Remigolepis. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Olive et al. |
Devonian (late Famennian) |
A relative of Groenlandaspis, a species of Turrisaspis. |
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Acanthodians
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Erymnacanthus[17] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Blais, Hermus & Wilson |
Devonian (Lochkovian) |
An ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Erymnacanthus clivus. |
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Euryacanthus[17] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Blais, Hermus & Wilson |
Devonian (Lochkovian) |
An ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Euryacanthus rugosus. |
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Tricuspicanthus[17] |
Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Blais, Hermus & Wilson |
Devonian (Lochkovian) |
An ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Tricuspicanthus gannitus; genus also contains Tricuspicanthus pisciculus. |
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Cartilaginous fishes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gess & Coates |
Devonian (Famennian) |
A species of Antarctilamna. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Leder |
Oligocene |
A mobuline eagle ray, a species of Argoubia. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Leder |
Oligocene |
A mobuline eagle ray. The type species is Arnomobula eythrai. |
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Callorhinchus alfordi[20] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Cicimurri & Ebersole |
Paleocene (Thanetian) |
A plough-nose chimaera, a species of Callorhinchus. |
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Callorhinchus phillipsi[20] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Cicimurri & Ebersole |
Paleocene (Danian) |
A plough-nose chimaera, a species of Callorhinchus. |
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Carcharhinus caquetius[21] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Carrillo-Briceño et al. |
Miocene |
A requiem shark, a species of Carcharhinus. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Disputed |
Kriwet, Mewis & Hempe |
Miocene to Pliocene |
Europe |
A member of Lamnidae; a new genus for "Carcharodon" escheri Agassiz, 1843. De Schutter, van der Vliet & Bor (2021) did not consider it to be a genus distinct from Isurus.[23] |
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Cetorhinus piersoni[24] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Welton |
Early Miocene |
A relative of the basking shark. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ivanov in Ivanov, Nestell & Nestell |
Permian (early Capitanian) |
A member of Neoselachii belonging to the family Anachronistidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Siverson et al. |
Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian) |
An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Siverson et al. |
Late Cretaceous (early Turonian) |
An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Siverson et al. |
Late Cretaceous (late Coniacian) |
An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Siverson et al. |
Late Cretaceous (early Turonian) |
An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Siverson et al. |
Late Cretaceous (early Campanian) |
An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Siverson et al. |
Late Cretaceous (early Campanian) |
An otodontid, a species of Cretalamna. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Roelofs et al. |
Late Devonian |
Virgin Hills Formation |
A phoebodontid elasmobranch, a species of Diademodus. |
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Edaphodon snowhillensis[28] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gouiric-Cavalli et al. |
Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Long et al. |
Devonian (early Frasnian) |
A member of Chondrichthyes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Gogoselachus lynbeazelyae. |
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Keasius rhenanus[30] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Reinecke, von der Hocht & Dufraing |
Miocene (late Burdigalian) |
Lower Mica Finesand Formation |
A relative of the basking shark, a species of Keasius. |
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Keasius septemtrionalis[30] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Reinecke, von der Hocht & Dufraing |
Oligocene (early / middle Chattian) |
Sülstorf Beds |
A relative of the basking shark, a species of Keasius. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Siverson et al. |
Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian) |
An otodontid, a new genus for "Cretolamna" gunsoni Siverson (1996). |
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Oligoraja[31] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Reinecke |
Oligocene (Chattian) |
Sülstorf Beds |
A skate. The type species is Oligoraja pristina. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Hamm |
Early Cretaceous (middle Albian) |
A member of Ptychodontidae. The type species is Paraptychodus washitaensis. |
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Portalodus mannoliniae[33] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Potvin-Leduc et al. |
Devonian (Givetian) |
Plattekill Formation |
A member of Elasmobranchii, an omalodontid omalodontiform; a species of Portalodus. |
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Pseudaetobatus belli[34] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Cicimurri & Ebersole |
Early Eocene (Ypresian) |
Hatchetigbee Formation |
An eagle ray, a species of Pseudaetobatus. |
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Pseudaetobatus undulatus[34] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Cicimurri & Ebersole |
Late Eocene (Priabonian) |
Dry Branch Formation |
An eagle ray, a species of Pseudaetobatus. |
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Nom. nov et comb. nov |
Valid |
Shimada et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
Greenhorn Limestone |
A putative planktivorous shark, possibly a sand shark; a replacement name for Eorhincodon Nessov (1999) (preoccupied). The type species is "Eorhincodon" casei Nessov (1999); genus also contains "Megachasma" comanchensis Shimada (2007). |
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Raja thiedei[31] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Reinecke |
Oligocene (Chattian) |
Sülstorf Beds |
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Scyliorhinus kannenbergi[19] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Leder |
Oligocene |
A catshark, a species of Scyliorhinus. |
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Squaliomicrus[36] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Suzuki |
Miocene |
Iseyama Formation |
A member of Dalatiidae. The type species is Squaliomicrus sanadaensis. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Ginter et al. |
Carboniferous (late Viséan) |
A phoebodontid elasmobranch, a species of Thrinacodus. |
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Torpedo chattica[31] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Reinecke |
Oligocene (Chattian) |
Sülstorf Beds |
A member of Torpedinidae, a species of Torpedo. |
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Bony fishes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Acrorhinichthys[38] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Taverne & Capasso |
Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) |
A member of Pycnodontiformes. The type species is Acrorhinichthys poyatoi. |
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Alosa paulicrenata[39] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bratishko et al. |
Miocene (early Serravallian) |
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Altisolepis sinensis[40] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Sun et al. |
Middle Triassic (Anisian) |
A peltopleurid peltopleuriform, a species of Altisolepis. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bratishko et al. |
Miocene (early Serravallian) |
A relative of the transparent goby. |
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Apuliadercetis indeherbergei[41] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Taverne & Goolaerts |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
Gulpen Formation |
A dercetid aulopiform, a species of Apuliadercetis. |
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Armigatus oligodentatus[42] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Vernygora & Murray |
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-early Turonian) |
A clupeomorph belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes; a species of Armigatus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Arratia & Schultze |
Early Jurassic |
An actinistian, probably a member of the group Coelacanthiformes and the family Whiteiidae. The type species is Atacamaia solitaria. |
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Ballagadus[44] |
Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Smithson, Richards & Clack |
Carboniferous (Tournaisian) |
A lungfish. The type species is Ballagadus rossi; genus also includes Ballagadus caustrimi. |
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Beiduyu[45] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Murray et al. |
Late Jurassic |
A relative of gars. The type species is Beiduyu qijiangensis. |
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Bolcaichthys[46] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Marramà & Carnevale |
Eocene |
Monte Bolca locality |
A member of Clupeidae. A new genus for "Clupea" catopygoptera Woodward (1901). |
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Canaryichthys[47] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Bartholomai |
Early Cretaceous (late Albian) |
A member of Halecomorphi, possibly a member of the group Ionoscopiformes. The type species is Canaryichthys rozefeldsi. |
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Capassoichthys[48] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Taverne |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) |
A member of Ichthyodectidae. The type species is Capassoichthys alfonsoi. |
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Caprosimilis[49] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Bieńkowska-Wasiluk & Bonde |
Oligocene (Rupelian) |
A member of Acanthopterygii of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a relative of boarfishes. The type species is Caprosimilis carpathicus. |
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Cathlorhynchus zengi[50] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Qiao & Zhu |
Devonian (early Emsian) |
Yukiang Formation |
A dipnorhynchid lungfish, a species of Cathlorhynchus. |
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Ceneichthys[51] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Taverne & Capasso |
Late Triassic (late Norian) |
Zorzino Formation |
A member of Pholidophoridae. The type species is Ceneichthys zambellii. |
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Centracanthus pobedinae[39] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bratishko et al. |
Miocene (early Serravallian) |
A relative of the curled picarel. |
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Cobitis nanningensis[52] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Chen, Liao & Lei |
Oligocene |
Yongning Formation |
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Coccovedus[44] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Smithson, Richards & Clack |
Carboniferous (Tournaisian) |
A lungfish. The type species is Coccovedus celatus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Smithson, Richards & Clack |
Carboniferous (Tournaisian) |
A lungfish, a species of Ctenodus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Smithson, Richards & Clack |
Carboniferous (Tournaisian) |
A lungfish, a species of Ctenodus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Smithson, Richards & Clack |
Carboniferous (Tournaisian) |
A lungfish, a species of Ctenodus. |
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Cyclothone mukhachevae[53] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Nazarkin |
Miocene |
Kurasi Formation |
A bristlemouth, a species of Cyclothone. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Taverne & Goolaerts |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) |
A dercetid aulopiform, a species of Cyranichthys. |
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Diaphus prokofievi[54] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Taverne |
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) |
A species of Diaphus. |
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Ducrotayichthys[55] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Taverne & Capasso |
Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) |
A member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is D. cornutus. |
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Eleogobius[56] |
Gen. et comb. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gierl & Reichenbacher |
Miocene |
A member of Gobiiformes. The type species is "Cottus" brevis Agassiz; genus also includes the new species Eleogobius gaudanti. |
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Eoprocypris[57] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Chen, Chang & Liu |
Late Eocene |
A member of Cyprinidae; a new genus for "Cyprinus" maomingensis Liu (1957). |
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Eoscomber[58] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Claeson et al. |
Early Eocene |
Thies Formation |
A member of Scombridae. The type species is Eoscomber senegalicus. |
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Equinoxiodus schultzei[59] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Sousa et al. |
Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) |
A lungfish, possibly member of Neoceratodontidae; a species of Equinoxiodus. |
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Nom. nov |
Valid |
Romano & Kogan |
Permian (Kungurian?) |
Kempir Formation |
A member of the family Karaunguriidae (a group of ray-finned fishes of uncertain phylogenetic placement); a replacement name for Gardineria Kazantseva-Selezneva (1981) (preoccupied). |
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Genyonemus? karagiensis[39] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bratishko et al. |
Miocene (early Serravallian) |
A member of the family Sciaenidae. Originally described as a possible species of Genyonemus, but subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Leptosciaena by Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale (2018).[61] |
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"Gobiida" bicornuta[62] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Lin, Girone & Wolf |
Miocene (Tortonian) |
Sant'Agata Fossili Formation |
A goby. Assigned to the genus Hoeseichthys by Schwarzhans, Agiadi & Carnevale (2020).[63] |
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"Gobiida" brioche[62] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Lin, Girone & Wolf |
Sant'Agata Fossili Formation |
A goby. Assigned to the genus Hoeseichthys by Schwarzhans, Agiadi & Carnevale (2020).[63] |
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Hayolperichthys[55] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Taverne & Capasso |
Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) |
A member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is H. pectospinus. |
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Hyrcanogobius hesperis[65] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Schwarzhans, Bradić & Rundić |
Miocene (late Serravallian) |
A goby. Originally described as a species of Hyrcanogobius; Schwarzhans et al. (2017) transferred it to the genus Hesperichthys.[66] |
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Isadia arefievi[67] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Minikh, Arefiev & Golubev |
Late Permian |
A ray-finned fish belonging to the group Chondrostei and the order Eurynotoidiformes; a species of Isadia. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gouiric-Cavalli |
Late Jurassic |
A member of Aspidorhynchiformes. The type species is Jonoichthys challwa. |
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Kenyaichthys[69] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Altner & Reichenbacher |
Late Miocene |
An aplocheiloid cyprinodontiform. The type species is Kenyaichthys kipkechi. |
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Labrobolcus[70] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Bannikov & Bellwood |
Eocene (Ypresian) |
Monte Bolca locality |
A wrasse. The type species is Labrobolcus giorgioi. |
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Leithaodon[71] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Carnevale & Tyler |
Middle Miocene |
A member of Tetraodontidae. The type species is Leithaodon sandroi. |
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Malingichthys[72] |
Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Tintori et al. |
Middle Triassic (late Ladinian) |
Falang Formation |
A relative of Pholidophorus. The type species is Malingichthys nimaiguensis; genus also includes Malingichthys wanfenglinensis. |
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Morone? bannikovi[39] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bratishko et al. |
Miocene (early Serravallian) |
A temperate bass, probably a species of Morone. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Choo |
Late Devonian |
An early ray-finned fish, a species of Moythomasia. |
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Neogobius udovichenkoi[39] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bratishko et al. |
Miocene (early Serravallian) |
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Nickcaves[74] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Carnevale & Bannikov |
Eocene (Ypresian) |
Monte Bolca locality |
A member of Percomorphacea related to Pietschellus aenigmaticus. The type species is Nickcaves pterygocephalus. |
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Ningxiaplatysomus[75] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Tan, Wang & Lu |
Carboniferous (Namurian) |
A ray-finned fish related to Platysomus. The type species is Ningxiaplatysomus parvus. |
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Occludus[44] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Smithson, Richards & Clack |
Carboniferous (Tournaisian) |
A lungfish. The type species is "Ctenodus" romeri Thomson (1965). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Murray et al. |
Age uncertain, probably Eocene |
A gourami. The type species is Ombilinichthys yamini. |
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Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Lane & Ebert |
Middle Triassic to Late Jurassic |
Stanleyville Formation, Songa Limestones |
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A ionoscopiform halecomorph (a relative of the bowfin); a new genus for the majority of species traditionally assigned to the genus Ophiopsis. The type species is "Ophiopsis" procerus Agassiz (1843); genus also contains "Ophiopsis" attenuata Wagner (1863), "Ophiopsis" penicillata Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" breviceps Egerton (1852), "Ophiopsis" dorsalis Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" montsechensis Wenz (1968) and "Ophiopsis" lepturus Bellotti (1857). |
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Panxianichthys[78] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Xu & Chen |
Middle Triassic (Anisian) |
A non-parasemionotiform halecomorph (a relative of the bowfin). Originally described as a member of Ionoscopiformes; Zuoyu et al. (2017) transferred it to the separate order Panxianichthyiformes.[79] The type species is Panxianichthys imparilis. |
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Paphosiscus[80] |
Gen. et 2 sp. nov |
Valid |
Grogan & Lund |
Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) |
A ray-finned fish. Genus contains Paphosiscus circulocaudus and Paphosiscus scalmocristus. |
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Parablennius prokofievi[39] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bratishko et al. |
Miocene (early Serravallian) |
A combtooth blenny, a species of Parablennius. |
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Paralebias conquensis[81] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gaudant et al. |
Miocene |
A member of Poeciliidae, a species of Paralebias. |
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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Taverne et al. |
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
A member of Pycnodontidae. The type species is Paranursallia spinosa; genus also contains "Nursallia" gutturosa Arambourg (1954). |
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Pastorius[83] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Carnevale & Johnson |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) |
Liburnica Formation |
A member of Ophidiiformes. The type species is Pastorius methenyi. |
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Permoceratodus[84] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Krupina in Lebedev et al. |
Late Permian (Vyatkian) |
A lungfish related to the Queensland lungfish. The type species is Permoceratodus gentilis. |
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Pharisatichthys[85] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gaudant & Carnevale |
Late Oligocene |
A mojarra. The type species is Pharisatichthys aquensis. |
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Pomatoschistus bunyatovi[39] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bratishko et al. |
Miocene |
Originally described as a species of Pomatoschistus, but subsequently transferred to the gobionelline genus Hellenigobius.[86] |
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Ponticola zosimovichi[39] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bratishko et al. |
Miocene (early Serravallian) |
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Proterorhinus vasilievae[65] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Schwarzhans, Bradić & Rundić |
Miocene (early Serravallian) |
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Pseudovinctifer[87] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Arratia |
Early Cretaceous |
A member of Aspidorhynchidae. The type species is Pseudovinctifer chilensis. |
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Pshekharus[88] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Bannikov & Kotlyar |
Miocene |
A member of Sparidae. The type species is Pshekharus yesinorum. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Skrzycki |
Late Triassic (Carnian) |
A lungfish, a species of Ptychoceratodus. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Giles et al. |
Devonian (Frasnian) |
An early ray-finned fish. The type species is Raynerius splendens. |
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Sander svetovidovi[91] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Kovalchuk |
Late Miocene |
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Sardina tarletskovi[92] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Baykina |
Miocene (Konkian-Sarmatian boundary) |
A relative of the European pilchard. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Maxwell et al. |
Middle Triassic (Ladinian) |
A saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Maxwell et al. |
Middle Triassic (Ladinian) |
A saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Wu et al. |
Middle Triassic (Anisian) |
A saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys. |
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Scutatoclupea[95] |
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Bannikov |
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
A member of Clupeomorpha belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes and the family Paraclupeidae. The type species is Scutatoclupea bacchiai; genus also includes "Triplomystus" applegatei Alvarado-Ortega & Ovalles-Damián (2008). |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Gess & Coates |
Devonian (Famennian) |
A coelacanth. The type species is Serenichthys kowiensis. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gaudant |
Late Miocene |
A catfish belonging to the family Siluridae, a species of Silurus. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Early Cretaceous |
A sinamiid amiiform (a relative of the bowfin), a species of Sinamia. |
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Symphodus westneati[99] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Carnevale |
Miocene |
Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin |
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Tchunglinius[100] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Wang & Wu |
Oligocene |
Nima Basin |
A member of Cyprinidae. The type species is Tchunglinius tchangii. |
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Trewasciaena suzini[39] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bratishko et al. |
Miocene (early Serravallian) |
A member of Sciaenidae, a species of Trewasciaena. |
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Tricerichthys[55] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Taverne & Capasso |
Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) |
A member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is T. wenzi. |
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Trollichthys[101] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Marramà & Carnevale |
Early Eocene (late Ypresian) |
A round herring. The type species is Trollichthys bolcensis. |
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Ursichthys[102] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Newbrey & Konishi |
Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) |
A member of Aulopiformes. The type species is Ursichthys longiparietalis. |
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Valencia arcasensis[81] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Gaudant et al. |
Miocene |
A species of Valencia. |
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Wainwrightilabrus[99] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Carnevale |
Miocene |
Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin |
A wrasse. The type species is Wainwrightilabrus agassizi (Münster 1846). |
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Waldmanichthys[103] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
Sferco, López-Arbarello & Báez |
Early Cretaceous |
Koonwarra Beds |
A teleost related to Luisiella feruglioi and Cavenderichthys talbragarensis; a new genus for "Leptolepis" koonwarri Waldman (1971). |
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Wushaichthys[104] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Xu, Zhao & Shen |
Middle Triassic |
Falang Formation |
A member of Thoracopteridae. The type species is Wushaichthys exquisitus. |
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Xylognathus[44] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Smithson, Richards & Clack |
Carboniferous (Tournaisian) |
A lungfish. The type species is Xylognathus macrustenus. |
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Other fishes
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Canyonlepis[105] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Andreev et al. |
Ordovician (Sandbian) |
A possible cartilaginous fish. The type species is Canyonlepis smithae. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Giles, Friedman & Brazeau |
Early Devonian (middle Lochkovian) |
Kureika Formation |
A gnathostome related to the last common ancestor of cartilaginous fishes and bony fishes. The type species is Janusiscus schultzei. |
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Andreev et al. |
Ordovician (Sandbian) |
A possible cartilaginous fish, a relative of Altholepis. The type species is Tezakia hardingensis. |
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