Biology:Aipichthys

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Aipichthys
Aipichthys Minor Cénomanien Liban.jpg
A. minor (Pictet 1850)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Superfamily:
†Aipichthyoidea
Family:
†Aipichthyidae
Genus:
Aipichthys

Bassani, 1882
Species

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Aipichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish that is possibly polyphyletic.[2]

Species

Five species have traditionally placed within Aipichthys, but a redescription of the type species in 2016 suggested the genus to be polyphyletic, with only the type species as a member of the genus. The other four species were not moved out of the genus by the authors and were referred as `Aipichthys`.

  • Aipichthys pretiosus Steindachner, 1860 (Komen Limestone, Volčji Grad, Komen, Slovenia) (type species)
  • Aipichthys minor (Pictet, 1850) (Hakel and Hjoula, Lebanon)
  • Aipichthys nuchalis (Dixon, 1850) (Upper Cenomanian English Chalk, Washington, Sussex, UK)
  • Aipichthys oblongus Gayet, 1980 (Hakel and Hjoula, Lebanon)
  • Aipichthys velifer Woodward, 1901 (Hakel and Hjoula, Lebanon)

References

  1. "Polymixiiformes". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35648. Retrieved November 18, 2012. 
  2. Delbarre, D. J.; Davesne, D.; Friedman, M. (2016). "Anatomy and relationships of †Aipichthys pretiosus and †'Aipichthys' nuchalis (Acanthomorpha: Lampridomorpha), with a review of Late Cretaceous relatives of oarfishes and their allies". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 (7): 545–567. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1078538. 

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