List of prehistoric bony fish genera

Leedsichthys, a giant Jurassic pachycormid

This List of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomina dubia), or were not formally published (nomina nuda), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered members of osteichthyes.

This list includes 1,386 generic names.

Naming conventions and terminology

Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Technical terms used include:


This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

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Aetheodontus besanensis
Aipichthys velifer
Amyzon aggregatum
Anaethalion knorri

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Caturus velifer
Cyranorhis bergeraci
The lantern fish Ceratoscopelus maderensis is a modern representative of a prehistoric genus

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Reconstruction of Panderichthys
The northern bastard codling, a modern species of Pseudophycis (P. breviuscula).
Holotype rostrum of Protosphyraena nitida, a successful genus of middle Cretaceous swordfish (from Hay, 1903).
The round whitefish, a modern species of Prosopium (P. cylindraceum)
An example of a modern Pontinus species (P. nematophthalmus)

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Saurichthys

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Y

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  • †Yungkangichthys

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Zoarces viviparus is a modern species of the genus Zoarces

See also

References

  1. ↑ Friedman, Matt (08/10/2007). "Styloichthys as the oldest coelacanth: implications for early osteichthyan interrelationships" ( – Scholar search). Journal of Systematic Paleontology. 5 (3): 289–343. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002052. Retrieved 2007-12-28. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ Edward B. Daeschler, Neil H. Shubin and Farish A. Jenkins, Jr (6 April 2006). "A Devonian tetrapod-like fish and the evolution of the tetrapod body plan". Nature. 440 (7085): 757–763. doi:10.1038/nature04639. PMID 16598249.

Uncited genera can be attributed to the following:

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