Nivchia
Extinct genus of fishes
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Nivchia is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. Its only species Nivchia makushoki was found in Miocene deposits on Sakhalin.[1] More recently, some studies suggest that it may belong to the recently-split Cebidichthyidae, due to its close morphological similarities to Cebidichthys.[2]
| Nivchia Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Stichaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Xiphisterinae |
| Genus: | †Nivchia Nazarkin, 1998[1] |
| Species: | †N. makushoki |
| Binomial name | |
| †Nivchia makushoki Nazarkin, 1998 | |
