Fukangichthys
Extinct genus of fishes
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Fukangichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch.[1] It contains a single species, F. longidorsalis from the Anisian-aged Kelamayi Formation of Xinjiang, China. It is a member of the Scanilepiformes, a group of basal ray-finned fish that were previously placed in the Neopterygii, but are now generally thought to be cladistians related to the modern bichirs.[2][3][4]
| Fukangichthys Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil specimen at the Baoding Natural History Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Scanilepiformes |
| Genus: | †Fukangichthys Su, 1978 |
| Species: | †F. longidorsalis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Fukangichthys longidorsalis Su, 1978 | |
