List of prehistoric bony fish
Encyclopedia
This List of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class osteichthyes
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes , also called bony fish, are a taxonomic group of fish that have bony, as opposed to cartilaginous, skeletons. The vast majority of fish are osteichthyes, which is an extremely diverse and abundant group consisting of over 29,000 species...

), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomina dubia
Nomen dubium
In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...

), or were not formally published (nomina nuda
Nomen nudum
The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...

), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered members of osteichthyes
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes , also called bony fish, are a taxonomic group of fish that have bony, as opposed to cartilaginous, skeletons. The vast majority of fish are osteichthyes, which is an extremely diverse and abundant group consisting of over 29,000 species...

.

This list includes 1,386 generic names.
  • Extinct
    Extinction
    In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...

     genera are marked with a dagger (†).
  • Extant genera are bolded.

Naming conventions and terminology

Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals...

. Technical terms used include:
  • Junior synonym: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synonyms are generally used, except by special decision of the ICZN, but junior synonyms cannot be used again, even if deprecated. Junior synonymy is often subjective, unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen.
  • Nomen nudum
    Nomen nudum
    The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...

     (Latin for "naked name"): A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN. Nomina nuda (the plural form) are invalid, and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be. If the name is later formally published, that name is no longer a nomen nudum and will be italicized on this list. Often, the formally published name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen.
  • Nomen oblitum
    Nomen oblitum
    A nomen oblitum is a technical term, used in zoological nomenclature, for a particular kind of disused scientific name....

     (Latin for "forgotten name"): A name that has not been used in the scientific community for more than fifty years after its original proposal.
  • Preoccupied name: A name that is formally published, but which has already been used for another taxon. This second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced. As preoccupied names are not valid generic names, they will also go unitalicized on this list.
  • Nomen dubium
    Nomen dubium
    In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...

     (Latin for "dubious name"): A name describing a fossil with no unique diagnostic features. As this can be an extremely subjective and controversial designation, this term is not used on this list.




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  • Abadzekhia
    Abadzekhia
    Abadzekhia is an extinct genus of prehistoric snake mackerel that lived from the early to late Oligocene epoch in what is now the Caucasus Mountains of Southern Russia.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Absalomichthys
    Absalomichthys
    Absalomichthys velifer is an extinct, prehistoric spinyfin that lived during the Upper Miocene of what is now Southern California. Its dorsal fin was huge in comparison with living species.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Acanthognathus
    Acanthognathus
    Acanthognathus is a genus of ants that are found in tropical Central and South America. They are reddish in colour and have long trap-jaws that can be compared to those of Odontomachus. These predatory ants live in small colonies that typically consist of less than 30 adults.Mistakenly, the name...

  • Acanthonemus
    Acanthonemus
    Acanthonemus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Acanthonotus
    Acanthonotus
    Acanthonotus is an extinct genus of bony fish. It contains three species, A. inflatus, A. niger, and A. tricuspis....

  • Acanthopleurus
    Acanthopleurus
    Acanthopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Acanthopygaeus
    Acanthopygaeus
    Acanthopygaeus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Acanthurus
    Acanthurus
    Acanthurus is the type genus of the family Acanthuridae. Approximately half of all members of the family are members of the genus Acanthurus. They are found in tropical oceans, especially near coral reefs, with most species in the Indo-Pacific, but a few are found in the Atlantic Ocean...

  • Acentrogobius
  • Acentrophorus
    Acentrophorus
    Acentrophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Acestrus
    Acestrus
    Acestrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Achiurus
  • Achoania
    Achoania
    Achoania is an extinct genus of primitive lobe-finned fish which lived during the Early Devonian period. Fossils have been discovered in China....

  • Achrestogrammus
    Achrestogrammus
    Achrestogrammus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Acipenser
    Acipenser
    Acipenser is genus of sturgeons. With about 19 species, many of which are threatened, it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes.-Species:*Acipenser baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869**Acipenser baerii baerii J. F...

  • Acrogaster
    Acrogaster
    Acrogaster is an extinct genus of Beryciformes from the Cretaceous period.-References:*...

  • Acrognathus
    Acrognathus
    Acrognathus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Acrolepis
    Acrolepis
    Acrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Acropoma
  • Acrotemnus
    Acrotemnus
    Acrotemnus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Adriacentrus
    Adriacentrus
    Adriacentrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Turonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aedulla
    Aedulla
    Aedulla is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aegicephalichthys
    Aegicephalichthys
    Aegicephalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aeoliscoides
    Aeoliscoides
    Aeoliscoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aeoliscus
  • Aethalionopsis
    Aethalionopsis
    Aethalionopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aetheodontus
    Aetheodontus
    Aetheodontus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aetheolepis
    Aetheolepis
    Aetheolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aetheretmon
    Aetheretmon
    Aetheretmon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Africentrum
    Africentrum
    Africentrum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aglyptorhynchus
    Aglyptorhynchus
    Aglyptorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Agonus
  • Aipichthyoides
    Aipichthyoides
    Aipichthyoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aipichthys
    Aipichthys
    Aipichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish....

  • Albula
    Albula (genus)
    Albula is a genus of fish belonging to the bonefish family Albulidae.- Species :The following species are currently recognized:* Albula argentea Albula is a genus of fish belonging to the bonefish family Albulidae.- Species :The following species are currently recognized:* Albula argentea Albula is...

  • Alcoveria
    Alcoveria
    Alcoveria is an extinct genus of coelacanth fish which lived during the Triassic period....

  • Alectis
    Alectis
    Alectis is a genus of fish in the family Carangidae containing three extant species, all of which are large marine fishes. They are commonly known as threadfish, diamond trevallies and occasionally pompanos, although they have no close affiliation with the true pompano genus.-Taxonomy:Alectis is...

  • Alepes
    Alepes
    Alepes is a genus containing five extant species of tropical marine fishes in the jack family, Carangidae. They are commonly known as scads, a term applied to many genera of carangid fishes. Their body form, however, differs from these other scads by being much more ovate in shape, more similar to...

  • Alepisaurus
  • Alisea
    Alisea
    Alisea is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Alleiolepis
    Alleiolepis
    Alleiolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Allelepidotus
    Allelepidotus
    Allelepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Allenypterus
    Allenypterus
    Allenypterus is a genus of a prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period . Fossils have been discovered in Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana, USA....

  • Alloberyx
    Alloberyx
    Alloberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Allolepidotus
    Allolepidotus
    Allolepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Allosmerus
  • Allothrissops
    Allothrissops
    Allothrissops is an extinct genus of bulldog fish....



  • Alosa
  • Alutera
  • Aluvarus
    Aluvarus
    Aluvarus praeimperialis is an extinct bony fish, known from two headless fossil specimens found in the Elam Formation, a Lower Oligocene stratum from the Rupelian epoch, of what is now Iran. A. praeimperialis was originally thought to be a luvar, described as "Luvarus praeimperialis," as it was...

  • Amanses
  • Amblypterina
    Amblypterina
    Amblypterina is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Amblypterus
    Amblypterus
    Amblypterus is an extinct genus of bony fish.- References :*Evolution: The Grand Experiment by Carl Werner and Debbie Werner*Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson*A Pictorial Guide to Fossils by Gerard Ramon Case...

  • Amiopsis
    Amiopsis
    Amiopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish belonging to the Amiidae family.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ammodytes
  • Ampheristus
    Ampheristus
    Ampheristus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Amphiperca
    Amphiperca
    Amphiperca is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Amphistichus
  • Amphistium
    Amphistium
    Amphistium is a fossil fish which has been identified as an early relative of the Flatfish, and as a Transitional fossil. In a typical modern flatfish, the head is asymmetric with both eyes on one side of the head...

  • Anaethalion
    Anaethalion
    Anaethalion is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Analectis
    Analectis
    Analectis pala is an extinct lamprid of the Family Turkmenidae. Its fossils are found from Late Oligocene strata from what is now Turkmenistan...

  • Anarhichas
  • Anarrhichthys
  • Anchoa
    Anchoa
    Anchoa is a genus of anchovies. It currently consists of 35 species.-Species:* Anchoa analis * Anchoa argentivittata...

  • †Andreolepis
  • Anguilla
  • Anguillavus
    Anguillavus
    Anguillavus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Anguilloides
    Anguilloides
    Anguilloides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Anisotremus
  • Ankylophorus
    Ankylophorus
    Ankylophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Anomoeodus
    Anomoeodus
    Anomoeodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Antennarius
    Antennarius
    Antennarius is a large genus of frogfishes found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans. It contains 25 species.-Behavior:Despite the sedentary nature of species of this genus, they are nearly all voracious carnivores which sit quietly waiting for smaller fishes to pass by...

  • Antigonia
    Antigonia (fish genus)
    Antigonia is a genus of zeiform marine fish belonging to the family Caproidae, of which it composes eleven of the family's twelve species. Antigonia carry the common name boarfish. These are deep-water species, generally found at depths below ....

  • Antofastaichthys
    Antofastaichthys
    Antofastaichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Apateodus
    Apateodus
    Apateodus is a genus of prehistoric fish which was described by Woodward in 1901. Two fossils exist, spanning a period from 112mya to 65.5mya. The fossils are from Russia and India.-References:...

  • Apateopholis
    Apateopholis
    Apateopholis is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:*...

  • Aphanepygus
    Aphanepygus
    Aphanepygus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aphelolepis
    Aphelolepis
    Aphelolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aphia
  • Aphnelepis
    Aphnelepis
    Aphnelepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aplodinotus
  • Apogon
    Apogon
    Apogon is a large genus of cardinalfishes with 207 currently described species. Many of these fishes live at depths of or more and can only be collected using trawling or dredging and thus are rather poorly known...

  • Apogonoides
    Apogonoides
    Apogonoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Apolectus
  • Apsilus
  • Apsopelix
    Apsopelix
    Apsopelix Apsopelix agilis were a type of bony fish that existed about 95-80 million years ago in the shallow waters of the Western Interior Seaway and Hudson Seaway.Size was about 1.5 feet or 10–12 cm, most likely they lived in schools...

  • Aracana
  • Araeosteus
  • Aramichthys
    Aramichthys
    Aramichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Araripichthys
    Araripichthys
    Araripichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Archaeolepidotus
    Archaeolepidotus
    Archaeolepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Archaeomaene
    Archaeomaene
    Archaeomaene tenuis is an extinct species of Late Jurassic prehistoric bony fish from the Talbragar River beds.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Archaephippus
    Archaephippus
    Archaephippus is an extinct genus of prehistoric spadefish that lived from the early to middle Eocene. Several exquisitely preserved fossils have been found from the Monte Bolca lagerstatten.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Archaeus
    Archaeus
    Archaeus is a prehistoric genus of jackfish from the Paleogene of Europe. The oldest species, A. oblongus is from the late/terminal Thanetian epoch of Paleocene Turkmenistan, and the last species, A. glarisianus and possibly A...

  • Arctosomus
    Arctosomus
    Arctosomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ardiodus
    Ardiodus
    Ardiodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Argentina
  • Argillichthys
    Argillichthys
    Argillichthys is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35557&is_real_user=1...

  • Argilloberyx
    Argilloberyx
    Argilloberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Argyripnus
    Argyripnus
    Argyripnus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as bristle-mouth fishes, but that may also refer to the related bristlemouth family . A...

  • Argyropelecus
    Argyropelecus
    Argyropelecus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. A collective name is "silver hatchetfishes", but this can also refer to a species of the freshwater hatchetfishes which are not particularly closely related but merely convergent...

  • Argyrosomus
    Argyrosomus
    Argyrosomus is a genus of fish in the drum family, Sciaenidae. They are large fish, with the largest, A. regius growing up to 230 cm in length...

  • Ariomma
  • Ariosoma
    Ariosoma
    Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.-Species:* Ariosoma anago * Ariosoma anagoides * Ariosoma anale...

  • Arius
    Arius (genus)
    Arius is a genus of catfishes of the family Ariidae. The genus Arius is distributed in brackish and fresh waters of Eastern Africa and south to southeast Asia....

  • Arnoglossus
  • Artedius
  • Asarotus
    Asarotus
    Asarotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ascalobos
    Ascalobos
    Ascalobos is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Asialepidotus
    Asialepidotus
    Asialepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Asima
    Asima
    Asima is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Asineops
    Asineops
    Asineops is a genus of prehistoric fish that was described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1870.-References:*, Paleobiology Database...

  • Aspidorhynchus
    Aspidorhynchus
    Aspidorhynchus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Europe and Antarctica....

  • Asthenocormus
    Asthenocormus
    Asthenocormus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic epoch to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Astronesthes
  • †Atacamichthyss
  • Ateleopus
    Ateleopus
    Ateleopus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the jellynose family . It is the type genus of its family, and the order Ateleopodiformes. For some time, it was known as Podateles, because Ateleopus had been used to replace the frog genus name Atelopus, which was deemed to be a spelling error...

  • Atheresthes
    Atheresthes
    Atheresthes is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family. It contains twp species.-Species:* Kamchatka flounder, Atheresthes evermanni .* Arrowtooth flounder, Atheresthes stomias ....

  • Atherina
    Atherina
    Atherina, is a genus of fish of Old World silverside family , found in the temporary and tropic zones. Up to 15 cm long. Widespread in the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Sea of Azov, in lagoons and estuaries...

  • Atherinopsis
  • Athrodon
    Athrodon
    Athrodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. Little is known of this relic of eons ago.-Reference:-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Atopocephala
    Atopocephala
    Atopocephala is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aulolepis
    Aulolepis
    Aulolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aulopopsis
    Aulopopsis
    Aulopopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aulopus
  • Aulorhamphus
    Aulorhamphus
    Aulorhamphus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aulorhynchus
  • Aulostomoides
    Aulostomoides
    Aulostomoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Aulostomus
  • Australosomus
    Australosomus
    Australosomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Austroclupea
    Austroclupea
    Austroclupea is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Pliocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Austrolepidotus
    Austrolepidotus
    Austrolepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Austrophycis
  • Austropleuropholis
    Austropleuropholis
    Austropleuropholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Avitolabrax
    Avitolabrax
    Avitolabrax is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early part of the Miocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Avitoluvarus
    Avitoluvarus
    Avitoluvarus is a genus of extinct louvar that lived in the Tethys Ocean during the early Paleogene. The first specimens were found from the Danata Formation Lagerstätten, of the Thanetian epoch of Turkmenistan, where they were originally thought to be smaller or juvenile individuals of the true...

  • Axelia
    Axelia
    Axelia is a prehistoric genus of lobe-finned fish which belonged to the family of Coelacanthidae.-Species of Axelia:*Axelia elegans Stensio, 1921*Axelia robusta Stensio, 1921...




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  • Bairdiella
  • Bajaichthys
    Bajaichthys
    Bajaicthys elegans is an extinct Lutetian lamprid from the Monte Bolca Lagerstatten.- Anatomy and appearance :The holotype is four centimeters in length...

  • Baleiichthys
    Baleiichthys
    Baleiichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Balistes
    Balistes
    Balistes is a genus of triggerfish. Species include:* B. capriscus * B phaleratus* B ellioti* B polylepis * B punctatus...

  • Balistomorphus
    Balistomorphus
    Balistomorphus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Bananogmius
    Bananogmius
    Bananogmius is an extinct genus of bony fish that lived in what is today Kansas during the Late Cretaceous. It lived in the Western Interior Seaway, which split North America in two during the Late Cretaceous.-In popular culture:...

  • Barcarenichthyes
    Barcarenichthyes
    Barcarenichthyes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Bassozetus
  • Bathyclupea
    Bathyclupea
    The deepsea herrings are perciform fishes belonging to a small family with a single genus containing seven species of deep water fishes....

  • Bathygadus
    Bathygadus
    Bathygadus is a genus of rattails of the family Macrouridae.- Species :* Bathygadus antrodes * Bathygadus bowersi * Codheaded rattail, Bathygadus cottoides Günther, 1878...

  • Bathylagus
    Bathylagus
    Bathylagus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Bathylagidae family.-Species:* Bathylagus andriashevi Kobyliansky, 1986.* Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, 1878.* Bathylagus borealis Gilbert, 1896....

  • Bathysoma
    Bathysoma
    Bathysoma lutkeni is an extinct lamprid from the Danian epoch of Sweden, and is the second oldest lamprid known, after Nardovelifer of Campanian/Maastrichian Italy. B. lutkeni has a disk-shaped body and an elongated head. It was originally described as a menid bony fish. Later, it was described...

  • Batrachoides
  • Beaumontoperca
    Beaumontoperca
    Beaumontoperca is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Beerichthys
    Beerichthys
    Beerichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Belone
  • Belonostomus
    Belonostomus
    Belonostomus or Diphyodus is a genus of prehistoric fish that was described by Louis Agassiz in 1844. Fossils range from to Belonostomus (meaning "big long mouth") or Diphyodus (meaning "double tooth") is a genus of prehistoric fish that was described by Louis Agassiz in 1844. Fossils range...

  • Bembrops
  • Bendenius
    Bendenius
    Bendenius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Benthocomectes
  • Benthosema
  • Berybolcensis
    Berybolcensis
    Berybolcensis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Berycomorus
    Berycomorus
    Berycomorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Berycopsia
    Berycopsia
    Berycopsia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Turonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Berycopsis
    Berycopsis
    Berycopsis is an extinct genus of beardfish from the Cretaceous period.It was about long and one of the first members of the Acanthopterygii, the group that includes the present day barracuda, swordfish, seahorses, and flatfish...

  • Beryx
  • Besania
    Besania
    Besania is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Bilinia
    Bilinia
    Bilinia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early part of the Miocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Birgeria
    Birgeria
    Birgeria is an extinct genus of bony fish from the Triassic.-Sources:* Fossils by David Ward...

  • Blabe
    Blabe
    Blabe crawleyi is a small, extinct prehistoric bony fish probably belonging to the family Serranidae that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch of Egypt....

  • Blennius
    Blennius
    Blennius is a Genus of Perciform fish in the family Blenniidae. Its members include Blennius ocellaris, the Butterfly Blenny.- Species :* Butterfly Blenny Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus, 1758* Blennius normani Poll, 1949...

  • Blochius
    Blochius
    Blochius is a genus of prehistoric fish that was described by Volta in 1800.-References:*, Paleobiology Database...

  • Bobasatrania
    Bobasatrania
    Bobasatrania is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.Many species of Bobasatrania existed during the Triassic in the shallow coastal waters off the Pangaea supercontinent. Their fossils are therefore found throughout the world, with some of the best examples coming from the Wapiti Lake region...

  • Bobbichthys
    Bobbichthys
    Bobbichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Bodianus
    Bodianus
    Bodianus is a genus of wrasses in the family Labridae.- Species :* Lyretail hogfish, Bodianus anthioides * Axilspot hogfish, Bodianus axillaris * Bodianus bathycapros Gomon, 2006...

  • Bolbocara
    Bolbocara
    Bolbocara is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Bolcanguilla
    Bolcanguilla
    Bolcanguilla is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Bolcyrus
    Bolcyrus
    Bolcyrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Bolinichthyes
    Bolinichthyes
    Bolinichthyes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Boops
    Boops
    Boops is a genus of ray-finned saltwater fishes. The genus contains two species. Sarpa salpa was once assigned to Boops....

  • Boreichthys
    Boreichthys
    Boreichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Boreolepis
    Boreolepis
    Boreolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Boreosomus
    Boreosomus
    Boreosomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Borichthys
    Borichthys
    Borichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Bothus
    Bothus
    Bothus is a genus of flatfish in the family Bothidae .-Species:* Bothus assimilis * Bothus bleekeri Steindachner, 1861* Bothus constellatus...

  • Brachionichthys
    Brachionichthys
    The genus Brachionichthys was, until recently, the only genus in the family Brachionichthyidae , but there are presently 5 genera in this family of anglerfishes....

  • Brachydeuterus
  • Brachypareion
    Brachypareion
    Brachypareion is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Brama
  • Bramoides
    Bramoides
    Bramoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Branchiostegus
  • Brannerion
    Brannerion
    Brannerion is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Bregmacerinia
    Bregmacerinia
    Bregmacerinia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early part of the Miocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Bregmaceros
  • Brembodus
    Brembodus
    Brembodus is an extinct genus of extinct pycnodontid.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Broovalia
    Broovalia
    Broovalia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Brosme
  • Brosmius
  • Brotula
    Brotula
    Brotulas are a family, Bythitidae, of ophidiiform fishes, also known as viviparous brotulas as they bear live young. They are found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world...

  • Broughia
    Broughia
    Broughia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Broweria
    Broweria
    Broweria is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Browneichthys
    Browneichthys
    Browneichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Brychaetus
    Brychaetus
    Brychaetus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish, known from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene. It contains a single species, Brychaetus muelleri Its fossils have been found in Europe, North America, and northern Africa. This freshwater fish had very long, blunt teeth.-See also:*...

  • Buglossidium
  • Burbonella
    Burbonella
    Burbonella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Burtinia
    Burtinia
    Burtinia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...




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  • Caesio
  • Caeus
    Caeus
    Caeus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Calamostoma
    Calamostoma
    Calamostoma is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Calamus
  • Callionymus
    Callionymus
    Dragonets or Callionymus are small perciform marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae.- Species :* Callionymus aagilis - * Callionymus acutirostris - * Callionymus afilum - * Callionymus africanus -...

  • Callipteryx
    Callipteryx
    Callipteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Callopterus
    Callopterus
    Callopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Callopteus
    Callopteus
    Callopteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Callyodon
  • Calotomus
    Calotomus
    Calotomus is a parrotfish genus from the Indo-Pacific, with a single species ranging into the warmer parts of the east Pacific. Compared to most of their relatives, their colours are relatively dull. Several species in this genus are associated with sea grass beds, but most can also be seen at...

  • Canningius
    Canningius
    Canningius is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which belonged to the family of Tristichopteridae.-External links:*...

  • Canobius
    Canobius
    Canobius is an extinct genus of early ray-finned fish that lived in the Carboniferous period of Europe.Canobius was a small fish, in length. Compared with its earlier relatives, it had specialized jaw bones and hyomandibulars which attached the upper jaw to the brain case, meaning that the jaws...

  • Caproberyx
    Caproberyx
    Caproberyx is an extinct genus of bony fish from the Cretaceous period of Africa and Europe. It has also been found in Kansas, USA.-Sources:* Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson...

  • Capros
  • Caprovesposus
    Caprovesposus
    Caprovesposus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Carangodes
    Carangodes
    Carangodes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Carangopsis
    Carangopsis
    Carangopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Caranx
    Caranx
    Caranx is a genus of tropical to subtropical marine fish in the jack family Carangidae, commonly known as jacks, trevallies and kingfishes. They are moderate to large sized, deep bodied fishes which are distinguished from other carangid genera by specific gill raker, fin ray and dentition...

  • Carapus
  • Caridosuctor
    Caridosuctor
    Caridosuctor is a genus of prehistoric coelacanth, lobe-finned fish, which lived during the Carboniferous period . Fossils have been found in North America.- External links :*...

  • Carpathichthys
    Carpathichthys
    Carpathichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Carsothrissops
    Carsothrissops
    Carsothrissops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Caruichthys
    Caruichthys
    Caruichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Casierius
    Casierius
    Casierius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Casieroides
    Casieroides
    Casieroides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • †Caturus
  • Centracanthus
  • Centriscus
  • Centroberyx
    Centroberyx
    Centroberyx, often referred to as nannygais, is genus of ray-finned fishes found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean, with the greatest species richness off southern Australia. They are reddish in colour and somewhat resemble the related soldierfish. Depending on species, they have a...

  • Centrolepis
    Centrolepis
    Centrolepis is a genus of small herbaceous plants in the family Centrolepidaceae known as thorn grass scales, with about 25 species native to Australia, New Zealand, and south-east Asia extending to Hainan Dao....

  • Centropomus
    Centropomus
    Centropomus Lacépède, 1802, is a genus of predominantly marine fish in family Centropomidae of order Perciformes. The type species is Centropomus undecimalis, the common snook...

  • Centropristis
    Centropristis
    Centropristis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Cephaloxenus
    Cephaloxenus
    Cephaloxenus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Cepola
    Cepola
    Cepola is a genus of marine fish in the bandfish family Cepolidae. The name red bandfish is applied to all members of this genus, but particularly C. macrophthalma, and generally not C...

  • Ceramurus
    Ceramurus
    Ceramurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Ceratoichthys
    Ceratoichthys
    Ceratoichthys pinnatiformis is an extinct species of lookdown-like prehistoric jackfish that lived during the Lutetian epoch, of the Middle Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy....

  • Ceratoscopelus
    Ceratoscopelus
    Ceratoscopelus is a genus of lanternfish in the family Myctophidae.- Species :* Ceratoscopelus maderensis * Dogtooth lampfish, Ceratoscopelus townsendi...

  • Chaetodon
    Chaetodon
    Chaetodon is a tropical fish genus in the family Chaetodontidae. Like their relatives, they are known as "butterflyfish". This genus is by far the largest among the Chaetodontidae, with about 90 living species included here, though most might warrant recognition as distinct genera.Several subgenera...

  • Chaeturichthys
  • Chagrinia
    Chagrinia
    Chagrinia is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Late Devonian period....

  • Chalcidichthys
    Chalcidichthys
    Chalcidichthys malacapterygius is an extinct, prehistoric manefish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of Southern California. It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives.-See also:* Prehistoric fish...

  • Chanda
    Chanda
    In Hinduism, Chanda was a monster in the service of Sumbha and Nisumbha that Chamunda Devi killed. It is also a popular name in the Hindu community...

  • Changxingia
    Changxingia
    Changxingia is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Late Triassic period....

  • Chanopsis
    Chanopsis
    Chanopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Chanos
  • Chardonius
    Chardonius
    Chardonius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Charitopsis
    Charitopsis
    Charitopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Charitosomus
    Charitosomus
    Charitosomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Charleuxia
    Charleuxia
    Charleuxia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Chauliodus
  • Chaunax
    Chaunax
    Chaunax is a genus of bony fish in the sea toad family, Chaunacidae.-Species:Species include:...

  • Cheilinus
    Cheilinus
    Cheilinus is a genus of wrasses in the family Labridae.- Species list :* Cheilinus abudjubbe Rüppell, 1835* Speckled maori wrasse, Cheilinus arenatus Valenciennes, 1840* Cheilinus aurantiacus Castelnau, 1872...

  • Cheirodopsis
    Cheirodopsis
    Cheirodopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Cheirothrix
    Cheirothrix
    Cheirothrix is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:* - The Paleobiology Database...

  • Chelmon
    Chelmon
    Chelmon is a genus of tropical fish in the family Chaetodontidae.- Species :* Margined coralfish, Chelmon marginalis Richardson, 1842* Blackfin coralfish, Chelmon muelleri...

  • Chibapsetta
    Chibapsetta
    Chibapsetta is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Pleistocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Chichia
    Chichia
    Chichia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Permian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Chilara
  • Chilomycterus
  • Chirocentrites
    Chirocentrites
    Chirocentrites is an extinct genus of Ichthyodectidae....

  • Chirocentrus
  • Chirodipterus
    Chirodipterus
    Chirodipterus is an extinct genus of lungfish which lived during the Devonian period. Fossils have been found in Australia.-External links:*...

  • Chirostoma
    Chirostoma
    Chirostoma is a genus of fish in the Atherinidae family.It contains the following species:* Chirostoma bartoni* Chirostoma regani...

  • Chirothrix
    Chirothrix
    Chirothrix is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Chitonotus
  • Chlorophthalmus
  • †Chondrosteus
  • Chongichthys
    Chongichthys
    Chongichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Chromis
    Chromis
    Chromis is a genus of fish in the family Pomacentridae. While the term Damselfish describes a group of marine fish larger than just one genus, most damselfish are in the genus Chromis...

  • Chrotichthys
    Chrotichthys
    Chrotichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived in the Induan stage of the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Chrysolepis
    Chrysolepis (fish)
    Chrysolepis is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish that lived during the Devonian period.-References:* Lebedav, O. A., 1983, A new Crossopterygian Fish from the Central Devonian Region: Paleontological Journal, v. 16, part 4, p. 63-70. -External links:*...

  • †Chungkingichthyes
  • Cimolichthys
    Cimolichthys
    Cimolichthys is an extinct genus of predatory salmonid fish from the Late Cretaceous of North America and Europe....

  • Citharichthys
  • Citharus
  • Cladocyclus
    Cladocyclus
    Cladocyclus is an extinct genus of Ichthyodectidae.-References:* Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson * Discovering Fossil Fishes by John Maisey and John G. Maisey...

  • Cleithrolepis
    Cleithrolepis
    Cleithrolepis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Triassic.The genus grew to about long. It had a weak lower jaw with teeth only at the tip....

  • Clidoderma
    Clidoderma
    Clidoderma is a mostly extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-Species:* Roughscale sole, Clidoderma asperrimum .-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Clinus
    Clinus
    Clinus is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic and western Indian ocean.-Species:* Sad klipfish, Clinus acuminatus * Agile klipfish, Clinus agilis...

  • Clupavus
    Clupavus
    Clupavus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Clupea
    Herring
    Herring is an oily fish of the genus Clupea, found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans, including the Baltic Sea. Three species of Clupea are recognized. The main taxa, the Atlantic herring and the Pacific herring may each be divided into subspecies...

  • Cobitopsis
  • Coccocephalichthys
    Coccocephalichthys
    Coccocephalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Coccoderma
    Coccoderma
    Coccoderma is a genus of prehistoric coelacanth lobe-finned fish which lived during the Jurassic period. Fossils have been found in USA. It was small in size, about 27,5 cm. They had very long and sharp teeth that did not regrow unlike today's present sharks....

  • Coccodus
    Coccodus
    Coccodus is an extinct genus of extinct pycnodontid fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian. The various species had a pair of massive, curved spines emanating from the lower sides of the head, and one curved spine on the top of its head...

  • Coccolepis
    Coccolepis
    Coccolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Coelacanthopsis
    Coelacanthopsis
    Coelacanthopsis is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period.The Coelacanth is the only living example of the fossil Coelacanth fishes Actinista. They are also the closest link between fish and the first amphibian creatures which made the transition from sea...

  • †Coelocanthus
  • Coelodus
    Coelodus
    Coelodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Coelogaster
    Coelogaster
    Coelogaster is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Coelorhynchus
  • Colobodus
    Colobodus
    Colobodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Colpichthyes
  • Conchodus
    Conchodus
    Conchodus is an extinct genus of lungfish which lived during the Devonian period....

  • Conger
    Conger
    Conger is a genus of marine congrid eels. It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to 3 m in length, in the case of the European conger...

  • Coriops
    Coriops
    Coriops is a genus of prehistoric fish. Its fossils are found in Campanian , Maastrichtian , and possibly Paleocene age deposits...

  • Cornuboniscus
    Cornuboniscus
    Cornuboniscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Corunegenys
    Corunegenys
    Corunegenys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Coryphaenoides
    Coryphaenoides
    Coryphaenoides is a genus of rattails of the family Macrouridae.- Species :* Pacific grenadier, Coryphaenoides acrolepis - * Coryphaenoides affinis - * Coryphaenoides alateralis - * Coryphaenoides altipinnis -...

  • Coryphaenopsis
    Coryphaenopsis
    Coryphaenopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Turonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Coryphopterus
  • Cosmolepis
    Cosmolepis
    Cosmolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Cosmoptychius
    Cosmoptychius
    Cosmoptychius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Cottopsis
  • Crenidens
  • Crenolepis
    Crenolepis
    Crenolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Cretatriacanthus
    Cretatriacanthus
    Cretatriacanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Cristigerina
    Cristigerina
    Cristigerina is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Crossognathus
    Crossognathus
    Crossognathus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Cryptobalistes
    Cryptobalistes
    Cryptobalistes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Cryptoberyx
    Cryptoberyx
    Cryptoberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • †Cryptolepis
  • Ctenoberyx
  • Ctenocephalichthys
    Ctenocephalichthys
    Ctenocephalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:hi* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ctenodentex
    Ctenodentex
    Ctenodentex is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ctenognathichthys
    Ctenognathichthys
    Ctenognathichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ctenopomichthys
    Ctenopomichthys
    Ctenopomichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ctenosciaena
  • Ctenothrissa
    Ctenothrissa
    Ctenothrissa is a prehistoric genus of ray-finned fish in the supposed order "Ctenothrissiformes". These Teleostei are only known from fossils. While they are sometimes included in the superorder Acanthopterygii or Protacanthopterygii, this is neither well-supported, nor is the monophyly of the...

  • Cualabaea
    Cualabaea
    Cualabaea is a genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived during the Jurassic period....

  • Cubiceps
    Cubiceps
    Cubiceps is one genus among 4 genera containing all together 18 species of perciform fish of the family Nomeidae commonly known as Driftfish...

  • Cyclopoma
  • Cyclopterus
  • Cycloptychius
    Cycloptychius
    Cycloptychius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Cyclothone
  • Cylindracanthus
    Cylindracanthus
    Cylindracanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Cymatogaster
  • Cynoscion
    Cynoscion
    Cynoscion is a genus of fish in the drum family, Sciaenidae.- Species :The genus consists of 24 species:* Cynoscion acoupa * Cynoscion albus * Cynoscion analis...

  • Cyranichthys
    Cyranichthys
    Cyranichthys is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35560&is_real_user=1...

  • Cyranorhis
    Cyranorhis
    Cyranorhis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Cyttoides
    Cyttoides
    Cyttoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...




D

  • Dactylopogon
    Dactylopogon
    Dactylopogon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Dactyloptena
  • Dactylopterus
  • Daedalichthys
    Daedalichthys
    Daedalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Daitingichthys
    Daitingichthys
    Daitingichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Dalmatichthys
    Dalmatichthys
    Dalmatichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Dalpiazella
    Dalpiazella
    Dalpiazella brevicauda is an extinct prehistoric eel from the Lutetian of the Monte Bolca lagerstatten. D. brevicauda and Paranguilla tigrina comprise of the family Paranguilla.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Damalichthys
  • Danaphos
    Danaphos
    Danaphos is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. A common name is bottlelights.Only two extant species are placed here, one of them of questionable validity valid:...

  • Danatinia
    Danatinia
    Danatinia casca is an extinct lamprid from Danata Formation Lagerstatten, of the Upper Paleocene of Turkmenistan. It was first named by Daniltshenko in 1968.D. casca was sympatric with its close relative, Turkmene...

  • Dandya
    Dandya
    Dandya is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Dannevigia
  • Dapalis
    Dapalis
    Dapalis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Dapaloides
    Dapaloides
    Dapaloides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Dapedium
    Dapedium
    Dapedium is an extinct genus of primitive neopterygian ray-finned fish. The first-described finding was an example of D. politum, found in the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis, on the Jurassic Coast of England...

  • Dastilbe
    Dastilbe
    Dastilbe is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish from Brazil that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch....

  • Davichthys
    Davichthys
    Davichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Decapterus
    Decapterus
    Decapterus is a genus of marine fishes in the family in the jack family, Carangidae. They are commonly known as mackerel scads, and round scads. They are found throughout the world....

  • Decazella
    Decazella
    Decazella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...



  • Deltentosteus
  • Dentex
  • Deprandus
    Deprandus
    Deprandus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Dercetis
    Dercetis
    Dercetis is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35561&is_real_user=1...

  • Dercetoides
    Dercetoides
    Dercetoides is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35562&is_real_user=1...

  • Dermatopsis
  • †Devonesteus
  • Devonosteus
    Devonosteus
    Devonosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Diabolepis
    Diabolepis
    Diabolepis is an extinct genus of sarcopterygian fish related to lungfishes which lived in the Early Devonian period of South China...

  • Dialiipina
    Dialiipina
    Dialiipina is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Diaphus
    Diaphus
    Diaphus is a genus of lanternfish in the family Myctophidae.- Species :* Gilbert's large lantern fish, Diaphus adenomus Gilbert, 1905* Diaphus aliciae Fowler, 1934* Andersen's lantern fish, Diaphus anderseni Tåning, 1932...

  • Diaphyodus
    Diaphyodus
    Diaphyodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Dibranchus
    Dibranchus
    Dibranchus is a fish genus in the family Ogcocephalidae.-Species:* Dibranchus accinctus Bradbury, 1999.* Atlantic batfish, Dibranchus atlanticus Peters, 1876.* Dibranchus cracens Bradbury, McCosker & Long, 1999....

  • Dicologoglossa
  • Dictyopype
    Dictyopype
    Dictyopype is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Digoria
    Digoria
    Digoria is a historical region at the northern mountainside of the Greater Caucasus Mountain range in the western part of Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. Nowadays the name most often refers to Irafsky and Digorsky districts of the republic.-See also:*History of North Ossetia-Alania*Alania...

  • Dimorpholepis
    Dimorpholepis
    Dimorpholepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Dinelops
    Dinelops
    Dinelops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...



  • Dinopteryx
    Dinopteryx
    Dinopteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Diodon
    Diodon
    Members of the diodontidae, species of the genus diodon are usually known as porcupinefishes or balloonfishes.-Distinguishing features:Fish of the genus Diodon have;...

  • Diplacanthopoma
  • Diplocercides
    Diplocercides
    Diplocercides is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fishbelonging to the coelacanth group which lived during the Late Devonian period...

  • Diplodus
  • Dipnorhynchus
    Dipnorhynchus
    Dipnorhynchus is an extinct genus of lungfish from the middle Devonian period of Australia and Europe.Dipnorhynchus was a primitive lungfish, but still it had features that set it apart from other sarcopterygians. Its skull lacked the joint that divided the skull in two in rhipidists and...

  • Dipterichthys
    Dipterichthys
    Dipterichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Dipteronotus
    Dipteronotus
    Dipteronotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Dipterus
    Dipterus
    Dipterus is an extinct genus of lungfish from the late Devonian period of Australia and Europe.In most respects, Dipterus, which was about long, closely resembled modern lungfish. Like its ancestor Dipnorhynchus, it had tooth-like plates on its palate instead of real teeth...

  • Dipulus
  • Diretmus
  • Dollopterus
    Dollopterus
    Dollopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Domeykos
    Domeykos
    Domeykos is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Dorsolepis
    Dorsolepis
    Dorsolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Drimys
    Drimys (fish)
    Drimys is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35563&is_real_user=1...

  • Drydenius
    Drydenius
    Drydenius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ductor
    Ductor
    Ductor is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene. Fossils have been found in Monte Bolca.In life, species of Ductor would have resembled pilot fish, though, they are more closely related to the jackfish...

  • Dwykia
    Dwykia
    Dwykia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...



E

  • Eastmanalepes
    Eastmanalepes
    Eastmanalepes primaevus is an extinct species of prehistoric jack fish that lived from the Lutetian epoch, of what is now Monte Bolca, Italy. It was originally described as a species of the jackfish genus Caranx, of which it has a superficially similar outline to...

  • Ebenaqua
    Ebenaqua
    Ebenaqua is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Permian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Echelus
    Echelus
    Echelus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:* Echelus myrus * Echelus pachyrhynchus...

  • Echeneis
    Echeneis
    An echeneis is a legendary creature described in medieval bestiaries. It is a described as a fish that is half a foot in length. It is said to latch on to ships, holding them back. They are said to be found in the Indian Ocean...

  • Echidnocephalus
    Echidnocephalus
    Echidnocephalus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Echiodon
  • Eclipes
    Eclipes
    Eclipes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch....

  • Ecrinesomus
    Ecrinesomus
    Ecrinesomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • †Ectasis
  • Ectosteorhachis
    Ectosteorhachis
    Ectosteorhachis is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Permian period . It belonged to the group of Osteolepiformes and to the family of Osteolepidae. Ectosteorhachis lived in fresh waters....

  • Egertonia
    Egertonia
    Egertonia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eichstaettia
    Eichstaettia
    Eichstaettia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eigilia
    Eigilia
    Eigilia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Electrona
    Electrona
    Electrona is a genus of lanternfish in the family Myctophidae.- Species :* Electrona antarctica * Electrona carlsbergi * Electrona paucirastra Bolin, 1962...

  • Elonichthys
    Elonichthys
    Elonichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Elopoides
    Elopoides
    Elopoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Elopopsis
    Elopopsis
    Elopopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Cenomanian to Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Elops
  • Elpistoichthys
    Elpistoichthys
    Elpistoichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Emmelichthys
  • Enchelion
    Enchelion
    Enchelion is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Enchelurus
    Enchelurus
    Enchelurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Cenomanian to Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Enchelyolepis
    Enchelyolepis
    Enchelyolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Enchodus
    Enchodus
    Enchodus is an extinct genus of bony fish. It flourished during the Upper Cretaceous and was small to medium in size. One of the genus' most notable attributes are the large "fangs" at the front of the upper and lower jaws and on the palatine bones, leading to its misleading nickname among fossil...

  • Engraulis
    Engraulis
    Engraulis is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains nine species.-Species:* Engraulis albidus Borsa, Collet & J. D. Durand, 2004* Engraulis anchoita Carl Hubbs & Marini, 1935 * Engraulis australis Engraulis is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains nine species.-Species:* Engraulis...

  • Enigmatichthys
    Enigmatichthys
    Enigmatichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Enischorhynchus
    Enischorhynchus
    Enischorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Turonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Enniskillenus
    Enniskillenus
    Enniskillenus is a genus of prehistoric fish that was described by Casier in 1966.-References:* , Paleobiology Database...

  • Enophrys
  • Enoplophthalmus
    Enoplophthalmus
    Enoplophthalmus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Enoplosus
  • Eoanguilla
    Eoanguilla
    Eoanguilla is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eoaulostomus
    Eoaulostomus
    Eoaulostomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Eobothus
    Eobothus
    Eobothus is an extinct genus of flatfish from the Eocene period of China, India and Europe.Eobothus is significant as one of the earliest genera of flatfish, one of the last major fish groups to evolve. It closely resembled modern flatfish, with an oval-shaped body about long, surrounded by...

  • Eobuglossus
    Eobuglossus
    Eobuglossus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eocoelopoma
    Eocoelopoma
    Eocoelopoma is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eocottus
    Eocottus
    Eocottus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eodiaphyodus
    Eodiaphyodus
    Eodiaphyodus is a genus of Elopiformes fish that is classified in the suborder Albuloidea. It is related to the modern Tarpon. This fish that in Morocco during the Late Cretaceous Period. It crushed its food with bony plates found in the back of its throat.-See also:*Coriops*Flora and fauna of the...

  • Eodiodon
    Eodiodon
    Eodiodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eoeugnathus
    Eoeugnathus
    Eoeugnathus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. belonging to the Amiiformes order.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eoholocentrum
    Eoholocentrum
    Eoholocentrum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eokrefftia
    Eokrefftia
    Eokrefftia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eolabroides
    Eolabroides
    Eolabroides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eolactoria
    Eolactoria
    Eolactoria sorbinii is an extinct prehistoric boxfish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the middle Eocene, in Monte Bolca. It had two pairs of long spines, one over each eye, and one pair beneath the anal and caudal fins, arranged very similarly to those possessed by the modern genus...

  • Eolamprogrammus
    Eolamprogrammus
    Eolamprogrammus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Danian stage of the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eolates
    Eolates
    Eolates is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eolophotes
    Eolophotes
    Eolophotes is an extinct genus of Lampridiformes.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...

  • Eoluvarus
    Eoluvarus
    Eoluvarus bondei is a species of extinct bony fish once identified as being a luvar from the Fuller's Earth Ypresian formation of the Barmer District of Rajasthan, India. Later, better specimens were found, and E. bondei was reappraised as being a relative of the prehistoric spadefish, Exellia....

  • Eomesodon
    Eomesodon
    Eomesodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eomuraena
    Eomuraena
    Eomuraena is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eomyctophum
    Eomyctophum
    Eomyctophum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eomyrophis
  • Eomyrus
    Eomyrus
    Eomyrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eopeyeria
    Eopeyeria
    Eopeyeria is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eophycis
    Eophycis
    Eophycis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eoplatax
    Eoplatax
    Eoplatax is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eoplectus
    Eoplectus
    Eoplectus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eoprotelops
    Eoprotelops
    Eoprotelops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eopsetta
    Eopsetta
    Eopsetta is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family. It contains two species.-Species:* Shotted halibut, Eopsetta grigorjewi .* Petrale sole, Eopsetta jordani ....

  • Eosalmo
    Eosalmo
    Eosalmo is a genus of extinct salmon which lived during the Eocene epoch. The genus was first described in 1977 from fossils found in lacustrine deposits near Smithers, British Columbia, Canada. Fossils from this genus have also been found at sites in Princeton, British Columbia and Republic,...

  • Eosaurichthys
    Eosaurichthys
    Eosaurichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Permian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eosemionotus
    Eosemionotus
    Eosemionotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eoserranus
    Eoserranus
    Eoserranus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Danian stage of the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eospinus
    Eospinus
    Eospinus daniltshenkoi is an extinct tetraodontid bony fish from the Eocene. Its fossils are from the Danata Formation lagerstatten of Ypresian Turkmenistan....

  • Eosynanceja
    Eosynanceja
    Eosynanceja is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eotetraodon
    Eotetraodon
    Eotetraodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric puffer fish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of middle Eocene Italy. The only fossil specimens are from the Monte Bolca lagerstatten.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Eothynnus
    Eothynnus
    Eothynnus salmonens is an extinct species of prehistoric jackfish that lived during the lower Eocene of what is now the Isle of Sheppey Eothynnus salmonens is an extinct species of prehistoric jackfish that lived during the lower Eocene of what is now the Isle of Sheppey Eothynnus salmonens is an...

  • Eothyrstites
    Eothyrstites
    Eothyrstites is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eotrigonodon
    Eotrigonodon
    Eotrigonodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eozanclus
    Eozanclus
    Eozanclus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Epigonus
    Epigonus (genus)
    Epigonus is a fish genus of the family Epigonidae.-Species:*Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986 *Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987 *Epigonus atherinoides *Epigonus constanciae...

  • Epinephelus
    Epinephelus
    Epinephelus is a genus of groupers. They are large sea fish. Members of this genus may also be called a Mero.-Species:FishBase lists 99 species:* Areolate grouper, Epinephelus areolatus ....

  • Epinnula
  • Eriquius
    Eriquius
    Eriquius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Erugocentrus
    Erugocentrus
    Erugocentrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Turonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Esocelops
    Esocelops
    Esocelops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Etringus
    Etringus
    Etringus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Etrumeus
    Etrumeus
    Etrumeus is a genus of round herrings in the herring family, Clupeidae. It currently consists of three described species.-Species:* Etrumeus micropus * Etrumeus teres...

  • Eubiodectes
    Eubiodectes
    Eubiodectes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eugnathides
    Eugnathides
    Eugnathides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Oxfordian to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Euleptorhamphus
    Euleptorhamphus
    Euleptorhamphus is a genus of halfbeaks in the order Beloniformes. It includes two species, the flying halfbeak, E. velox, and the ribbon halfbeak, E. viridis.Both of these species are marine. E...

  • Eulichthys
  • Euporosteus
    Euporosteus
    Euporosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eurycormus
    Eurycormus
    Eurycormus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic epoch to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eurynotoides
    Eurynotoides
    Eurynotoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eurypholis
    Eurypholis
    Eurypholis is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:*...

  • Eurystichthys
    Eurystichthys
    Eurystichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eusemius
    Eusemius
    Eusemius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eusthenopteron
    Eusthenopteron
    Eusthenopteron is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which has attained an iconic status from its close relationships to tetrapods. Early depictions of this animal show it emerging onto land, however paleontologists now widely agree that it was a strictly aquatic animal...

  • Euthynnus
    Euthynnus
    Euthynnus is a fish genus in the family Scombridae.-Species list:* Euthynnus affinis , kawakawa* Euthynnus alletteratus , little tunny* Euthynnus lineatus , black skipjack-See also:...

  • Euthynotus
    Euthynotus
    Euthynotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eutrichiurides
    Eutrichiurides
    Eutrichiurides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Eutrigla
    Eutrigla
    Eutrigla is a fish genus in the family Triglidae.-See also:* List of prehistoric bony fish* List of extant animal genera represented in the fossil record...

  • †Evenkia
  • Evermanella
    Evermanella
    Evermanella is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:*...

  • Evesthes
    Evesthes
    Evesthes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Exallias
  • Exellia
    Exellia
    Exellia is a genus of extinct spadefish that lived in the Tethys Ocean during the early Paleogene. The adult form is shaped akin to a large spadefish or a short dolphinfish, with very large pelvic fins, and a long dorsal fin starting from in front of the eyes to near the base of the caudal peduncle...

  • Exocoetoides
    Exocoetoides
    Exocoetoides is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:*...




F

  • Fistularia
  • Fistularioides
    Fistularioides
    Fistularioides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...


  • Flindersicthys
    Flindersicthys
    Flindersicthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Flugopterus
    Flugopterus
    Flugopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...


  • Fukangichthys
    Fukangichthys
    Fukangichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Furo
    Furo
    is a Japanese word for bath. Specifically it is used to refer to a type of bath which originated as a short, steep-sided wooden bathtub. Baths of this type are found all over Japan in houses, apartments and traditional Japanese inns but are now usually made out of a plastic or stainless steel.A...



G

  • Gabanellia
    Gabanellia
    Gabanellia is an extinct genus of bony fish from the Late Triassic.-References:*...

  • Gadella
    Gadella
    Gadella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Pliocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Gadiculus
  • Gadomus
    Gadomus
    Gadomus is a genus of rattails of the family Macrouridae.- Species :* Filamentous rattail, Gadomus aoteanus McCann & McKnight, 1980* Doublethread grenadier, Gadomus arcuatus...

  • Gadus
  • Gaidropsarus
  • Ganoessus
    Ganoessus
    Ganoessus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ganolytes
    Ganolytes
    Ganolytes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ganorhynchus
    Ganorhynchus
    Ganorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric lungfish from the Devonian period....

  • Gardinerichthys
    Gardinerichthys
    Gardinerichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Garnbergia
    Garnbergia
    Garnbergia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Gasteroclupea
    Gasteroclupea
    Gasteroclupea is a genus of prehistoric clupeiform fish that is related to modern anchovies and herrings. Its fossils date back to the Maastrichtian stage of the late Cretaceous period.- External links :...

  • Gasterorhamphosus
    Gasterorhamphosus
    Gasterorhamphosus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Gasterosteus
    Gasterosteus
    Sticklebacks is a genus of fishes in the family Gasterosteidae. Consists of six species:* Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Three-spined stickleback* Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & Mayer, 1956 - Techirghiol stickleback...

  • Gaudryella
    Gaudryella
    Gaudryella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Gazolapodus
    Gazolapodus
    Gazolapodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Gazza
  • Gempylus
  • Genyonemus


  • Genypterus
  • Gephyroberyx
  • Gerres
  • Gharbouria
    Gharbouria
    Gharbouria is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Gibbodon
    Gibbodon
    Gibbodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Gigantopterus
    Gigantopterus
    Gigantopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • †Gillicus
  • Gillidia
    Gillidia
    Gillidia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ginsburgia
    Ginsburgia
    Ginsburgia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Glaucosoma
    Glaucosoma
    The pearl perches are members of the perciform family Glaucosomatidae containing a single genus of four species:* Glaucosoma buergeri Richardson, 1845* Glaucosoma hebraicum Richardson, 1845...

  • Glyptocephalus
    Glyptocephalus
    Glyptocephalus is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family.-Nomenclature:The word Glytocephalus is derived from the Greek γλύφειν , meaning "to carve", and κεφαλος , meaning "head".-Species:...

  • Glyptolepis
    Glyptolepis
    Glyptolepis is an extinct genus of porolepiform lobe-finned fish which lived during Devonian period....

  • Glyptophidium
  • Glyptopomus
    Glyptopomus
    Glyptopomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Gnathoberyx
    Gnathoberyx
    Gnathoberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Gnathophis
    Gnathophis
    Gnathophis is a genus of marine congrid eels.-Species:* Genus Gnathophis** Gnathophis andriashevi Karmovskaya, 1990** Gnathophis asanoi Karmovskaya, 2004** Gnathophis bathytopos D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977...

  • Gobius
    Gobius
    Gobius is a genus of fish in the Gobiidae family. It contains the typical gobies, being the type genus of its subfamily and family, and the namesake genus of its suborder .It contains the following species:...

  • Gonatodus
    Gonatodus
    Gonatodus is an extinct genus of palaeonisciform fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch. It is a member of the family Elonichthyidae.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Goniocranion
    Goniocranion
    Goniocranion is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Gonostoma
  • Goslinophis
    Goslinophis
    Goslinophis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Goudkoffia
    Goudkoffia
    Goudkoffia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Gracilignathicthys
    Gracilignathicthys
    Gracilignathicthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Grammatorcynus
    Grammatorcynus
    Grammatorcynus is a fish genus in the family Scombridae.-See also:* List of prehistoric bony fish* List of extant animal genera represented in the fossil record...

  • Graphiuricthys
    Graphiuricthys
    Graphiuricthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Greenwoodella
    Greenwoodella
    Greenwoodella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Griphognathus
    Griphognathus
    Griphognathus is an extinct genus of lungfish from the late Devonian period of Europe and Australia.Griphognathus was a specialized lungfish, about long, with an elongated snout. The lower jaw and palate were lined with tooth-like denticles. Like all other lungfish, its skin was covered by...

  • Grossipterus
    Grossipterus
    Grossipterus is an extinct genus of lungfish which lived during the Devonian period....

  • Grypodon
    Grypodon
    Grypodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Gymnosarda
  • Gymnoscopelus
    Gymnoscopelus
    Gymnoscopelus is a genus of lanternfish in the family Myctophidae.- Species :* Gymnoscopelus bolini Andriashev, 1962* Gymnoscopelus braueri * Gymnoscopelus fraseri...

  • Gyrodus
    Gyrodus
    Gyrodus is an extinct genus of pycnodontiform bony fish that lived in the Jurassic and Cretaceous....

  • Gyrolepidoides
    Gyrolepidoides
    Gyrolepidoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Gyrolepis
    Gyrolepis
    Gyrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Gyronchus
    Gyronchus
    Gyronchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Gyroptychius
    Gyroptychius
    Gyroptychius is an extinct genus of coelacanthiform lobe-finned fish from the Devonian period.Gyroptychius was a fast riverine predator with an elongated body about long. As its eyes were relatively small, it is presumed to have hunted by smell rather than sight. Gyroptychius had short jaws which...

  • Gyrosteus
    Gyrosteus
    Gyrosteus mirabilis is an extinct ray-finned fish. It was found near Whitby and was about 5 m long....




H

  • Habroichthys
    Habroichthys
    Habroichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Hacquetia
    Hacquetia
    Hacquetia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene....

  • Hadronector
    Hadronector
    Hadronector is a prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period of Montana, North America. Hadronector belongs to the group of coelacanth fishes and it is the type genus in the family of Hadronectoridae....

  • Hainbergia
    Hainbergia
    Hainbergia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Halec
    Halec
    Halec is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35568&is_real_user=1...

  • Halecopsis
    Halecopsis
    Halecopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Haliophis
  • Haljulia
    Haljulia
    Haljulia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian.This fish may have used gills or lungs, but the skeleton is inconclusive.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Hamodus
    Hamodus
    Hamodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Haplolepis
    Haplolepis
    Haplolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Harengula
    Harengula
    Harengula is a genus of herrings that occur mostly in the western Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, with one species in the eastern Pacific Ocean...

  • Helgolandichthys
    Helgolandichthys
    Helgolandichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Helichthys
    Helichthys
    Helichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Helmolepis
    Helmolepis
    Helmolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Hemerocoetes
    Hemerocoetes
    Hemerocoetes is a genus of duckbill fishes....

  • Hemicalypterus
    Hemicalypterus
    Hemicalypterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Hemilampronites
    Hemilampronites
    Hemilampronites is a prehistoric genus of flying fish. Its fossils can be found in Maastrichtian aged marine deposits.-Classification:Hemilampronites is a member of the order Beloniformes....

  • Hemirhabdorhynchus
    Hemirhabdorhynchus
    Hemirhabdorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric Actinopterygii, or ray-finned fish, that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Hemirhamphus
  • Hemisaurida
    Hemisaurida
    Hemisaurida is a genus of prehistoric fish, known from Cretaceous fossils found in Europe.-References:*...

  • Hemithyrsites


  • Hengnania
    Hengnania
    Hengnania is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Heptanema
    Heptanema
    Heptanema is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Heterolepidotus
    Heterolepidotus
    Heterolepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Heterostrophus
    Heterostrophus
    Heterostrophus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic epoch to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Heterothrissa
    Heterothrissa
    Heterothrissa is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Hildebrandia
  • Hippocampus
    Seahorse
    Seahorses compose the fish genus Hippocampus within the family Syngnathidae, in order Syngnathiformes. Syngnathidae also includes the pipefishes. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek hippos meaning "horse" and kampos meaning “sea monster”.There are nearly 50 species of seahorse...

  • Hippoglossoides
    Hippoglossoides
    Hippoglossoides is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family.-Species:* Flathead flounder, Hippoglossoides dubius .* Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon ....

  • Hipposyngnathus
    Hipposyngnathus
    Hipposyngnathus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Histionotus
    Histionotus
    Histionotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Histiothrissa
    Histiothrissa
    Histiothrissa is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Holocentrites
    Holocentrites
    Holocentrites is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Holocentrus
  • Holodipterus
    Holodipterus
    Holodipterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Holophagus
    Holophagus
    Holophagus is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish. It lived through the Jurassic period....

  • Holopterygius
    Holopterygius
    Holopterygius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Holoptychus
    Holoptychus
    Holoptychus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Holosteus
    Holosteus
    Holosteus is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35570&is_real_user=1...

  • Homonotichthys
    Homonotichthys
    Homonotichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Homorhynchus
    Homorhynchus
    Homorhynchus is a genus of prehistoric fish that was described by Edouard Van Beneden in 1873.-References:*, Paleobiology Database...



  • Hoplichthys
  • Hoplobrotula
  • Hoplopteryx
    Hoplopteryx
    Hoplopteryx is an extinct genus of fish from the Cretaceous.-External links:* in the Paleobiology Database...

  • Hoplostethus
  • Hoplunnis
    Hoplunnis
    Hoplunnis is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae. It currently contains the following species:* Hoplunnis diomediana Goode & Bean, 1896...

  • Hucho
    Hucho
    Hucho is a genus of salmonids.There are five species in the genus Hucho, and all are native exclusively to Asia with the exception of Hucho hucho, the Huchen trout or the Danube salmon, and Hucho taimen the taimen. Hucho taimen is extinct from Europe and now only lives in Mongolia and Russia...

  • Hulettia
    Hulettia
    Hulettia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish found in the Morrison Formation in the western United States, measuring approximately three to four inches in length. Its body was covered in thick prominent scales.-See also:* Prehistoric fish...

  • Humilichthys
    Humilichthys
    Humilichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Hungkiichthys
    Hungkiichthys
    Hungkiichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Huso
    Huso
    Huso is a genus of large sturgeons. It contains two species:*Huso dauricus *Huso huso...

  • Hydropessum
    Hydropessum
    Hydropessum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Hygophum
  • Hymenocephalus
    Hymenocephalus
    Hymenocephalus is a genus of rattails currently with 24 described species.- Species :* Hymenocephalus adelscotti* Hymenocephalus antraeus* Hymenocephalus aterrimus* Hymenocephalus barbatulus* Hymenocephalus billsam...

  • Hypacanthus
  • Hyperoglyphe
  • Hyperoplus
  • Hyperprosopon
  • Hypomesus
    Hypomesus
    Hypomesus is a genus of smelts , consisting of five species found in the northern hemisphere.The pond smelt H. olidus is widespread across norheastern Asia, Alaska, and northwestern Canada, while the Delta smelt H. transpacificus is an endangered species of the Sacramento Delta in California. H...

  • Hyporhamphus
    Hyporhamphus
    Hyporhamphus is a genus of fish.-Species:* Hyporhamphus yuri* Hyporhamphus xanthopterus* Hyporhamphus unifasciatus* Hyporhamphus unicuspis* Hyporhamphus taiwanensis* Hyporhamphus snyderi* Hyporhamphus sindensis...

  • Hypsocormus
    Hypsocormus
    Hypsocormus is an extinct genus of teleost fish from the Jurassic period of Europe.Hypsocormus was a fast-swimming predatory fish about long, with a half moon-shaped caudal fin similar to that of a modern mackerel. It had a single dorsal fin, elongated pectoral fins and tiny pelvic fins about half...




I

  • Icelinus
  • Ichthyoceras
    Ichthyoceras
    Ichthyoceros spinosus is an extinct pycnodontid that lived during the lower Cenomanian of what is now Lebanon. I. spinosus had a triple, forward-pointing horn-like spine between its eyes, very similar to the single spine of Trewavasia, and a massive, multipointed spine emanating from .-See also:*...

  • Ichthyococcus
    Ichthyococcus
    Ichthyococcus are a genus of lightfishes.-Included species:The genus Ichthyococcus include the following species:* Ichthyococcus australis* Slim lightfish, Ichthyococcus elongatus* Ichthyococcus intermedius...

  • Ichthyodectes
    Ichthyodectes
    Ichthyodectes ctenodon was a 4-metre long ichthyodectid. It lived in the Western Interior Seaway during the late Cretaceous. It was closely related to the 4 to 6 metre long Xiphactinus audax, and the 2-metre long Gillicus arcuatus, and like other ichthyodectids, I. ctenodon is presumed to have...

  • Ichthyokentema
    Ichthyokentema
    Ichthyokentema is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ichthyotringa
    Ichthyotringa
    Ichthyotringa damoni, once referred to as Rhinellus damoni, is a Cretaceous species of prehistoric fish. I. damoni is characterized by a slender beak that accounts for a third of the fish's length.-References:*...

  • Idrissia
    Idrissia
    Idrissia is a primitive genus of the order Stomiiformes, and is an extinct relative of marine hatchetfish and viperfish. Idrissias position in the order is in doubt, however, as scientists have not studied enough fossil specimens to determine exactly which stomiiforms the genus is most closely...

  • Igornella
    Igornella
    Igornella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...


  • Ilisha
    Ilisha (genus)
    Ilisha is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the Pristigasteridae family. The genus contains 16 species.-Species:* Ilisha africana * Ilisha amazonica...

  • Illiniichthys
    Illiniichthys
    Illiniichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Imhoffius
    Imhoffius
    Imhoffius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Indotrigonodon
    Indotrigonodon
    Indotrigonodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Inichthys
    Inichthys
    Inichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Permian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Inocentrus
    Inocentrus
    Inocentrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ionoscopus
    Ionoscopus
    Ionoscopus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...


  • Ioscion
    Ioscion
    Ioscion is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Isacia
  • Isopsetta
    Isopsetta
    Isopsetta is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family. It consists of only one species, the butter sole....

  • Istieus
    Istieus
    Istieus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Santonian to the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Istiophorus
  • Isurichthys
    Isurichthys
    Isurichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Izuus
    Izuus
    Izuus nakamurai is an extinct genus of prehistoric damselfish from the Izu Peninsula, Early Miocene Japan.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...




J

  • Jacobulus
    Jacobulus
    Jacobulus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Japonoconger
    Japonoconger
    Japonoconger is a genus of eels in the family Congridae. It currently contains the following species:* Japonoconger africanus * Japonoconger caribbeus D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977...


  • Joleaudichthys
    Joleaudichthys
    Joleaudichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Judeichthys
    Judeichthys
    Judeichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...


  • Judeoberyx
    Judeoberyx
    Judeoberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Jungersenichthys
    Jungersenichthys
    Jungersenichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...




K

  • Kankatodus
    Kankatodus
    Kankatodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Kansius
    Kansius
    Kansius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Kentuckia
    Kentuckia
    Kentuckia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Knightia
    Knightia
    Knightia is an extinct genus of bony fish which lived in the fresh water lakes and rivers of North America during the Eocene epoch. It was named by David Starr Jordan in 1907, in honor of the late University of Wyoming professor Wilbur Clinton Knight, "an indefatigable student of the paleontology...


  • Koonwarria
    Koonwarria
    Koonwarria is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Korutichthys
    Korutichthys
    Korutichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Kryptophaneron
  • Kuhlia

  • Kushlukia
    Kushlukia
    Kushlukia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish, closely related to the luvar, that lived during the lower Eocene. K. permira is from Eocene portion of the Danata Formation Lagerstatten , of Turkmenistan...

  • Kyphosida
  • Kyrtogymnodon
    Kyrtogymnodon
    Kyrtogymnodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Pliocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...




L

  • Labrisomus
    Labrisomus
    Labrisomus is a genus of blennies in the labrisomidae family, known largely from the western Atlantic and southeastern Pacific Ocean.-Species:* Whitecheek blenny, Labrisomus albigenys Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928...

  • Labrodon
  • Labrophagus
    Labrophagus
    Labrophagus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Labrus
    Labrus
    Labrus is a genus of wrasses of the Labridae family, currently with four recognised species*Ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta Ascanius, 1767 *Brown wrasse, Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758 *Cuckoo wrasse, Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758...

  • Lactarius
  • Laemonema
  • Lampadena
  • Lampanyctodes
  • Lampanyctus
    Lampanyctus
    Lampanyctus is a genus of lanternfish in the family Myctophidae.- Species :* Spinytail lampfish, Lampanyctus acanthurus Wisner, 1974* Lampanyctus alatus Goode & Bean, 1896* Southern lanternfish, Lampanyctus australis Tåning, 1932...

  • Lampichthyes
  • Lampris
  • Landanichthys
    Landanichthys
    Landanichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Danian stage of the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Larimus
  • Latvius
    Latvius
    Latvius is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Laugia
    Laugia
    Laugia is a genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived during the Triassic period....

  • Laytonia
    Laytonia
    Laytonia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • †Lebonichthyes
  • Lednevia
    Lednevia
    Lednevia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Leedsichthys
    Leedsichthys
    Leedsichthys was a giant pachycormid that lived in the oceans of the Middle Jurassic period. The closest living relative of the pachycormids is the bowfin, Amia calva, but this is only very distantly related....

  • Legnonotus
    Legnonotus
    Legnonotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lehmanotus
    Lehmanotus
    Lehmanotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Leiognathus
  • Lepidion
  • Lepidocottus


  • Lepidogobius
    Lepidogobius
    Lepidogobius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Pleistocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lepidopus
  • Lepidorhombus
  • Lepidotrigla
    Lepidotrigla
    Lepidotrigla is a fish genus in the family Triglidae.-Species:* Lepidotrigla abyssalis Jordan & Starks, 1904.* Lepidotrigla alata Houttuyn, 1782.* Lepidotrigla alcocki Regan, 1908.* Lepidotrigla annamarae del Cerro & Lloris, 1997....

  • Lepidotus
    Lepidotus
    Lepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lepisosteus
    Lepisosteus
    Lepisosteus is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae.There are four species:* Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864 * Lepisosteus osseus...

  • Lepophidium
  • Leptecodon
    Leptecodon
    Leptecodon is a genus of prehistoric mackerel-like fish which was described by Williston in 1899 and was possibly preyed on by other sea creatures. However, it was a hunter of smaller creatures itself. This fish sometimes hid in clams such as Inoceramus. The first-discovered fossil was inside a...

  • Leptocottus
  • Leptolepides
    Leptolepides
    Leptolepides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Leptolepis
    Leptolepis
    Leptolepis is an extinct genus of teleost fish that lived in the Mesozoic era. It was one of the first teleosts.- Appearance :...

  • Leptoscopus
  • Lestidiops
    Lestidiops
    Lestidiops is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:*...

  • Lethops
  • Leuresthes
  • Libanoberyx
    Libanoberyx
    Libanoberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Libotonius
    Libotonius
    Libotonius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Libys
    Libys
    Libys is a genus of the prehistoric coelacanth lobe-finned fish which lived during the Jurassic period. Fossils have been found in Germany. Libys belongs to the family of Latimeridae, which is also the family of the living coelacanth, Latimeria....

  • Ligulalepis
    Ligulalepis
    Ligulalepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ligulella
    Ligulella
    Ligulella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Limanda
    Limanda
    Limanda is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family.-Species:* Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera .* Yellowtail flounder, Limanda ferruginea .* Common dab, Limanda limanda...

  • Liodesmus
    Liodesmus
    Liodesmus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lirosceles
    Lirosceles
    Lirosceles is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lissoberyx
    Lissoberyx
    Lissoberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Lithognathus
    Lithognathus
    Lithognathus is a genus of fish in the Sparidae family.It contains the following species:* white steenbras...

  • Litoptychius
    Litoptychius
    Litoptychius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Liza
    Liza (genus)
    Liza is the largest genus of the 17 in the family Mugilidae. The genus Liza contains 24 species.Note: The mullet species with common name Liza is in factMugil liza, thus in the genus Mugil.-Taxonomy:...

  • Lobianchia
  • Lobopterus
    Lobopterus
    Lobopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lochmocereus
    Lochmocereus
    Lochmocereus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lompoquia
    Lompoquia
    Lompoquia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lonchistium
  • Lophar
    Lophar
    Lophar is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lophiostomus
    Lophiostomus
    Lophiostomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lophius
    Lophius
    Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, goosefish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are well known off the coasts of Europe generally, the grotesque shape of its body and its singular habits having attracted the attention of naturalists of all ages...

  • Lophosteus
    Lophosteus
    Lophosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lota
  • Luganoia
    Luganoia
    Luganoia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Luisichthys
    Luisichthys
    Luisichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Oxfordian to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Luisiella
    Luisiella
    Luisiella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lusitanichthys
    Lusitanichthys
    Lusitanichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Luvarus
  • Luxilites
    Luxilites
    Luxilites is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Lycodopsis
  • Lyconectes
  • Lyopsetta
    Lyopsetta
    Lyopsetta is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family. It consists of only one species, the slender sole.-Species:* Slender sole, Lyopsetta exilis ....

  • Lyrolepis
    Lyrolepis
    Lyrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...




M

  • Maccullochella
    Maccullochella
    Maccullochella is a genus of large Australian predatory freshwater fish within the Percichthyidae family. The Maccullochella genus was named after an early Australian fish researcher with the surname McCulloch....

  • Macrepistius
    Macrepistius
    Macrepistius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Macroaulostomus
    Macroaulostomus
    Macroaulostomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Macropoma
    Macropoma
    Macropoma is an extinct genus of coelacanth in the class Sarcopterygii. These fishes have apparently been extinct for over 70 million years and are most closely related to the modern coelacanth Latimeria....

  • Macropomoides
    Macropomoides
    Macropomoides is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish which lived during the Cretaceous period....

  • Macrosemius
    Macrosemius
    Macrosemius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Macruronus
  • Madariscus
    Madariscus
    Madariscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Makaira
    Makaira
    Makaira is a genus of marlins and spearfishes. It includes the black, Atlantic blue, and Indo-Pacific blue marlins.- Sustainable consumption :...

  • Malacocottus
  • Malacopygaeus
    Malacopygaeus
    Malacopygaeus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Mallotus
  • Manlietta
    Manlietta
    Manlietta is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Marosichthys
  • Martinichthys
    Martinichthys
    Martinichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Mastygocercus
  • Matarchia
  • Maulisia
  • Maurolicus
    Maurolicus
    Maurolicus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, but the brilliant pearlside is the related Argyripnus iridescens...

  • Megalops
  • Megapomus
    Megapomus
    Megapomus is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period....

  • Megistolepis
    Megistolepis
    Megistolepis is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period....

  • Meidiichthys
    Meidiichthys
    Meidiichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Melamphaes
  • Melanognathus
    Melanognathus
    Melanognathus is a prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Devonian period....

  • Melanogrammus
  • Melanonus
  • Mene
    Mene
    The moonfish of the genus Mene , the sole extant genus of the family Menidae are disk-shaped fish which bear a vague resemblance to gourami, thanks to their thread-like pelvic fins...

  • Menidia
    Menidia
    Menidia is a genus of silverside fish found all around the shores of the Gulf of Maine from Nova Scotia to Cape Cod.The species M. clarkhubbsi, an all-female species, reproduces asexually-References:...

  • Menticirrhus
  • Meridensia
    Meridensia
    Meridensia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Merlangius
  • Merluccius
  • Mesoclupea
    Mesoclupea
    Mesoclupea is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Mesolepis
    Mesolepis
    Mesolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Mesturus
    Mesturus
    Mesturus is an extinct genus of bony fish....

  • Microcapros
    Microcapros
    Microcapros is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Microchirus
  • Microgadus
  • Micromesistius
  • Micromyrus
    Micromyrus
    Micromyrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Micropycnodon
    Micropycnodon
    Micropycnodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Microstomus
    Microstomus
    Microstomus is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family.-Nomenclature:The word Microstomus is derived from the Greek μικρὸς , meaning "small", and στόμα , meaning "mouth".-Species:...

  • Miguashaia
    Miguashaia
    Miguashaia is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Devonian period. Miguashaia is the most primitive coelacanth fish....

  • Milananguilla
    Milananguilla
    Milananguilla is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • †Mimia
  • Mioplosus
    Mioplosus
    Mioplosus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.Very similar to today's perch, the Mioplosus is distinguished by its double dorsal fin and pointed teeth. It is thought to have been a solitary predator often attacking fish up to half of its own size...

  • Mola
    Mola (genus)
    Mola is a genus of the family Molidae. It includes two species, the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, and the Southern Ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi....

  • Molva
  • Monocentris
  • Monochirus
  • Monolene
  • Monomitopus
  • Moorevillia
    Moorevillia
    Moorevillia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Morone
    Morone
    Morone is a genus of temperate basses , consisting of four species....

  • Moythomasia
    Moythomasia
    Moythomasia is an extinct genus of early ray-finned fish from the Devonian period of Europe and Australia.Moythomasia was a small freshwater fish, long. It had relatively large eyes, presumably to find prey in murky water...

  • Mugil
    Mugil
    Mugil is one genus among 17 genera containing all together about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family Mugilidae commonly known as mullet...

  • Mullus
    Mullus
    Mullus known as Goatfishes or Mullets is subtropical marine genus of perciform fish of the family Mullidae. Occurs mainly in the Southwest Atlantic near the South American coast and in the Eastern Atlantic including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. These fish are bottom dwelling over sands and...

  • Mupus
  • Muraena
    Muraena
    Muraena is a genus of twelve species of large eels in the family Muraenidae.This genus is common in the Mediterranean, and highly esteemed by the ancient Romans . It is abundantly represented in tropical and subtropical seas, especially in rocky parts or on coral reefs...

  • Muraenesox
    Muraenesox
    Muraenesox is a small genus of eels found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It currently has two described species as most species have been moved to other genera. Members are found in the Indo West Pacific.-Species:* Muraenesox bagio Muraenesox is a small genus of eels found throughout the...

  • Myctophum
    Myctophum
    Myctophum is a genus of lanternfish in the family Myctophidae.- Species :* Myctophum affine* Myctophum asperum * Myctophum aurolaternatum* Myctophum brachygnathum* Myctophum fissunovi* Myctophum lunatum...

  • Mylacanthus
    Mylacanthus
    Mylacanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Mylomyrus
    Mylomyrus
    Mylomyrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Myripristis
  • Myroconger
  • Mystriophis
    Mystriophis
    Mystriophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:* Mystriophis crosnieri Blache, 1971* Mystriophis rostellatus...




N

  • Nannolepis
    Nannolepis
    Nannolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Nansenia
  • Nardoichthys
    Nardoichthys
    Nardoichthys francisci is an extinct species of bony fish from the Campanian/Maastrichtian epoch of Nardò, Italy....

  • Naso
    Naso (genus)
    The unicorn fishes are 17 species of tropical, herbivorous marine surgeonfishes in the genus Naso. They are so named because of a spike that protrudes from the forehead. Some species have a bulbous protrusion rather than a pronounced spike, and some lack a spike altogether...

  • Natlandia
    Natlandia
    Natlandia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Naupygus
    Naupygus
    Naupygus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Naxilepis
    Naxilepis
    Naxilepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Neanthias
  • Nebris
  • Nematonotus
    Nematonotus
    Nematonotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Lower Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Nematoptychius
    Nematoptychius
    Nematoptychius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Neobythites
  • Neocassandra
    Neocassandra
    Neocassandra is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Neocybium
    Neocybium
    Neocybium is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Neohalecopsis
    Neohalecopsis
    Neohalecopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Neopachycormus
    Neopachycormus
    Neopachycormus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Neopholidophoropsis
    Neopholidophoropsis
    Neopholidophoropsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Neoplatycephalus
  • Neorhombolepis
    Neorhombolepis
    Neorhombolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Neoscombrops
  • Nerophis
    Nerophis
    Nerophis is a genus of pipefishes. Consists of three species:* Nerophis lumbriciformis - Worm pipefish* Nerophis maculatus Rafinesque, 1810 - Spotted pipefish* Nerophis ophidion - Straightnose pipefish...

  • Nesides
    Nesides
    Nesides is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Nettastoma
    Nettastoma
    Nettastoma is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae. It currently contains the following species:* Nettastoma falcinaris Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985* Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810...

  • Neuburgella
    Neuburgella
    Neuburgella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Permian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Nezumia
    Nezumia
    Nezumia is a large genus of rattails of the family Macrouridae. It has 51 described species at present.-Species:* Common Atlantic grenadier, Nezumia aequalis * Nezumia africana...



  • †Niobrara
  • Nolfophidion
    Nolfophidion
    Nolfophidion is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Notacanthus
    Notacanthus
    Notacanthus is a genus of spiny eels in the family Notacanthidae. It currently contains the following recognized species:* Notacanthus abbotti Fowler, 1934* Notacanthus bonaparte Risso, 1840...

  • Notagogus
    Notagogus
    Notagogus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Notelops
    Notelops
    Notelops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Notesthes
  • Notogoneus
    Notogoneus
    Notogoneus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. A trace fossil attributed to Notogoneus osculus has been found in the Green River Formation.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Notolepis
  • Notoscopelus
  • Nozamichthys
    Nozamichthys
    Nozamichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Nursallia
    Nursallia
    Nursallia is an extinct genus of bony fish from the Late Cretaceous period. It is often referred to as "dinner-plate fish" because of its shape and size.-References:...

  • Nybelinoides
    Nybelinoides
    Nybelinoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...




O

  • Oblada
  • Occithrissops
    Occithrissops
    Occithrissops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ocystias
    Ocystias
    Ocystias is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Odmdenia
    Odmdenia
    Odmdenia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Odonteabolca
    Odonteabolca
    Odonteabolca is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ogcocephalus
    Ogcocephalus
    Ogcocephalus is a fish genus in the family Ogcocephalidae.-Species:* Longnose batfish, Ogcocephalus corniger Bradbury, 1980.* Ogcocephalus cubifrons .* Red-lipped batfish, Ogcocephalus darwini Hubbs, 1958....

  • Ogilbia
    Ogilbia
    Ogilbia is a genus of fish in the Bythitidae family.It contains the following species:* Ogilbia cayorum - Key brotula* Ogilbia galapagosensis - Galapagos cuskeel* Ogilbia pearsei - Mexican blind brotula* Ogilbia suarezae...

  • Ohuus
    Ohuus
    Ohuus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Oligobalistes
    Oligobalistes
    Oligobalistes robustus is an extinct prehistoric triggerfish that lived during the Rupelian of the Middle Oligocene epoch of Central Europe.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Oligodiodon
    Oligodiodon
    Oligodiodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Oligolactoria
    Oligolactoria
    Oligolactoria bubiki is an extinct prehistoric boxfish that lived during the Rupelian epoch from the Middle Oligocene of Moravia, Czech Republic.In life, it would have strongly resembled a modern cowfish .-See also:...

  • Oligopleura
    Oligopleura
    Oligopleura is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Oligopleurus
    Oligopleurus
    Oligopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Oligoplites
  • Oligopus
  • Omosoma
    Omosoma
    Omosoma is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Omosomopsis
    Omosomopsis
    Omosomopsis is a genus of prehistoric fish that was described by Gaudant in 1978.-References:*...



  • Oncolepis
    Oncolepis
    Oncolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Oncorhynchus
    Oncorhynchus
    Oncorhynchus is a genus of fish in the family Salmonidae; it contains the Pacific salmons and Pacific trouts. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek onkos and rynchos , in reference to the hooked jaws of males in the mating season .-Range:Salmon and trout with ranges generally in waters...

  • Onuxodon
  • Onychodus
    Onychodus
    Onychodus is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Devonian period . It is one of the best known of the group of onychodontiform fishes. Scattered fossil bones of Onychodus were first discovered in 1857, in North America, and described by John Strong Newberry...

  • Ophidion
  • Ophiodon
  • Ophiopsis
    Ophiopsis
    Ophiopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ophisthoproctus
  • Ophisurus
    Ophisurus
    Ophisurus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:* Ophisurus macrorhynchos Bleeker, 1853* Ophisurus serpens...

  • Opisthomyzon
    Opisthomyzon
    Opisthomyzon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Opisthonema
    Opisthonema
    Opisthonema, the thread herrings, is a genus of herring found in tropical waters of the Western Hemisphere. They get their name from a filamentous nature of the last ray of the dorsal fin...

  • Opistopteryx
    Opistopteryx
    Opistopteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Oplegnathus
  • Opsithrissops
    Opsithrissops
    Opsithrissops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Optivus
  • Oreochima
    Oreochima
    Oreochima is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ornategulum
    Ornategulum
    Ornategulum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Orthocormus
    Orthocormus
    Orthocormus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Orthopristis
  • Orthurus
    Orthurus
    Orthurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Orvikuina
    Orvikuina
    Orvikuina is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Oshunia
    Oshunia
    Oshunia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Osmeroides
    Osmeroides
    Osmeroides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Osmerus
    Osmerus
    Osmerus is a genus of fish in the Osmeridae family.It contains the following species:* Pygmy smelt * Rainbow smelt * European smelt...

  • Osorioichthys
    Osorioichthys
    Osorioichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ospia
    Ospia
    Ospia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived in the Induan stage of the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ostariostoma
    Ostariostoma
    Ostariostoma is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Osteolepis
    Osteolepis
    Osteolepis is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish from the Devonian period. It lived in the Orcadian Lakes of northern Scotland....

  • Osteorachis
    Osteorachis
    Osteorachis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ostracion
    Ostracion
    The genus Ostracion, is a member of the boxfish family containing nine species.- Species :* Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758.* Bluetail trunkfish, Ostracion cyanurus Rüppell, 1828....

  • Ostracoberyx
  • Otomitla
    Otomitla
    Otomitla is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Oxyjulis



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  • Pachycormus
    Pachycormus
    Pachycormus is an extinct genus of fish from the Jurassic.-Sources:* Fossils by David Ward...

  • Pachyrizodus
    Pachyrizodus
    Pachyrizodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Albian to the Campanian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pachythrissops
    Pachythrissops
    Pachythrissops is an extinct genus of fish from the Jurassic....

  • Pachytrissops
    Pachytrissops
    Pachytrissops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Pagellus
    Pagellus
    Pagellus is a genus of porgies in the family Sparidae....

  • Pagrus
    Pagrus
    Pagrus is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.It contains the following species:*Pagrus africanus, Southern common seabream *Pagrus auratus, Australasian snapper...

  • Palaedaphus
    Palaedaphus
    Palaedaphus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. It is best known for being the winner.-External links:*...

  • Palaeoatherina
    Palaeoatherina
    Palaeoatherina is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Palaeobalistum
    Palaeobalistum
    Palaeobalistum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Palaeocentrotus
    Palaeocentrotus
    Palaeocentrotus is an extinct genus of Lampridiformes.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...

  • Palaeocyttus
    Palaeocyttus
    Palaeocyttus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bonery fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Palaeogadus
    Palaeogadus
    Palaeogadus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Palaeolycus
    Palaeolycus
    Palaeolycus is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35574&is_real_user=1...

  • Palaeomolva
    Palaeomolva
    Palaeomolva is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Palaeomyrus
    Palaeomyrus
    Palaeomyrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Palaeoniscum
    Palaeoniscum
    Palaeoniscum is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Permian period of Europe and North America.Palaeoniscum had a torpedo-shaped body in length, with a deeply forked caudal fin and tall dorsal fin, indicating that it was a fast swimmer. It was probably an active predator, feeding on other...

  • Palaeoperca
    Palaeoperca
    Palaeoperca is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Palaeopercichthys
    Palaeopercichthys
    Palaeopercichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Palaeophichthys
    Palaeophichthys
    Palaeophichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Desmoinsian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Palaeorhynchus
    Palaeorhynchus
    Palaeorhynchus is a genus of prehistoric fish from Romania that was described by Wagner in 1860. One fossil found is dated .-References:*, Paleobiology Database...

  • Palaeothrissum
    Palaeothrissum
    Palaeothrissum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Palaeothunnus
    Palaeothunnus
    Palaeothunnus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paleopsephurus
    Paleopsephurus
    Paleopsephurus is an extinct genus of paddlefish in the Acipenseriformes family Polyodontidae. At present the genus contains the single species Paleopsephurus wilsoni....

  • Palimphyes
    Palimphyes
    Palimphyes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Panderichthys
    Panderichthys
    Panderichthys is a 90–130 cm long fish from the Devonian period 397 million years ago, of Latvia. It is named after the german-baltic palaeontologist Christian Heinrich Pander. It has a large tetrapod-like head...

  • Pantophilus
    Pantophilus
    Pantophilus is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35575&is_real_user=1...

  • Panturichthys
    Panturichthys
    Panturichthys is a genus of eels of the family Heterenchelyidae that occur in tropical waters along the west coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to Morocco with one species known from the eastern Mediterranean near Isreal...

  • Paraberyx
    Paraberyx
    Paraberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paracalamus
    Paracalamus
    Paracalamus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paracentrophorus
    Paracentrophorus
    Paracentrophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived in the Induan stage of the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paraconger
    Paraconger
    Paraconger is a genus of eels in the family Congridae. It currently contains the following species:* Paraconger californiensis Kanazawa, 1961 * Paraconger caudilimbatus...

  • Paracongroides
    Paracongroides
    Paracongroides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene period.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paradrydenius
    Paradrydenius
    Paradrydenius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paraeoliscus
    Paraeoliscus
    Paraeoliscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paragonatodus
    Paragonatodus
    Paragonatodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paraipichthys
    Paraipichthys
    Paraipichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paralbula
    Paralbula
    Paralbula is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paralepidosteus
    Paralepidosteus
    Paralepidosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Albian to the Campanian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paralepidotus
    Paralepidotus
    Paralepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paralepis
    Paralepis
    Paralepis is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35576&is_real_user=1...

  • Paralichthys
  • Paralogoniscus
    Paralogoniscus
    Paralogoniscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Permian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paramblypterus
    Paramblypterus
    Paramblypterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paramesolepis
    Paramesolepis
    Paramesolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paramphisile
    Paramphisile
    Paramphisile is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paranguilla
    Paranguilla
    Paranguilla tigrina is an extinct prehistoric eel that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene, in what is now Monte Bolca.Some of the better preserved fossils show that the living animals had complex patterns of spots. P. tigrina and Dalpiazella brevicauda comprise of the extinct family...

  • Paranogmius
    Paranogmius
    Paranogmius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Parapercis
  • Parapholidophorus
    Parapholidophorus
    Parapholidophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paraplagusia
    Paraplagusia
    Paraplagusia is a genus of tonguefish. It is indigenous to the Indo-West Pacific region, commonly found in shallow muddy or sandy waters along the coast of the Philippines, Thailand and the Malay peninsular, Burma, the Bay of Bengal and as far west as the Red Sea.-Species:** Doublelined tonguesole,...

  • Paraplatax
    Paraplatax
    Paraplatax is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Parapleuropholis
    Parapleuropholis
    Parapleuropholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Parapristopoma
  • Parapygaeus
    Parapygaeus
    Parapygaeus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pararhenanoperca
    Pararhenanoperca
    Pararhenanoperca is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Parascopelus
    Parascopelus
    Parascopelus is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35577&is_real_user=1...

  • Parasemionotus
    Parasemionotus
    Parasemionotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived in the Induan stage of the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Parasphyraena
    Parasphyraena
    Parasphyraena is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Parasynarcualis
    Parasynarcualis
    Parasynarcualis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paratarpon
    Paratarpon
    Paratarpon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paratarrasius
    Paratarrasius
    Paratarrasius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paratichthys
    Paratichthys
    Paratichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paratrachinotus
    Paratrachinotus
    Paratrachinotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Paratrisopterus
  • Paravinciguerria
    Paravinciguerria
    Paravinciguerria is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Parechelus
    Parechelus
    Parechelus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Parenchodus
    Parenchodus
    Parenchodus is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35578&is_real_user=1...

  • Parophrys
    Parophrys
    Parophrys is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family. It consists of only one species, the English sole.-Nomenclature:The English sole was first given the name Parophrys vetulus by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1854; the word parophrys is derived from the Greek para, meaning "near", and ophrys,...

  • Parospinus
    Parospinus
    Parospinus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Parvilux
    Parvilux
    Parvilux is a genus of lanternfish in the family Myctophidae....

  • Pasaichthys
    Pasaichthys
    Pasaichthys pleuronectiformis is an extinct, prehistoric moonyfish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of Monte Bolca, Italy. The average length of its fossils is about 6 centimeters. In life, it would probably resemble its living relatives of the genus Monodactylus.-See also:* Prehistoric fish*...

  • Patavichthys
    Patavichthys
    Patavichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pateroperca
    Pateroperca
    Pateroperca is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pattersonichthys
    Pattersonichthys
    Pattersonichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pattersonoberyx
    Pattersonoberyx
    Pattersonoberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pegusa
  • Peipiaosteus
    Peipiaosteus
    Peipiaosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. This is a very rare species of sturgeon from Jiufotang Formation, Pani Lake, Liaoning Province, China. -See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pelargorhynchus
    Pelargorhynchus
    Pelargorhynchus is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35579&is_real_user=1...

  • Pelates
  • Peltoperleidus
    Peltoperleidus
    Peltoperleidus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Peltopleurus
    Peltopleurus
    Peltopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pempheris
  • Pennahia


  • Pentaceros
  • Pentanemus
  • Pentaprion
  • Percalates
  • Percostoma
    Percostoma
    Percostoma is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pericentrophus
    Pericentrophus
    Pericentrophus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Peripeltopleurus
    Peripeltopleurus
    Peripeltopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Peristedion
  • Perleidus
    Perleidus
    Perleidus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Triassic period. Fossils have been found worldwide.Perleidus was a freshwater predatory fish, about in length. Its jaws hung vertically under the braincase, allowing them to open wide, a feature it shared with the earlier palaeonisciform...

  • Perulibatrachus
  • Petalopteryx
    Petalopteryx
    Petalopteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Phanerodon
  • Phanerosteon
    Phanerosteon
    Phanerosteon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pharmacichthys
    Pharmacichthys
    Pharmacichthys is a genus of prehistoric fish that was described by Woodward in 1942.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35646&is_real_user=1...

  • Phoenicolepis
    Phoenicolepis
    Phoenicolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pholidoctenus
    Pholidoctenus
    Pholidoctenus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pholidolepis
    Pholidolepis
    Pholidolepis is an extinct prehistoric genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pholidophoretes
    Pholidophoretes
    Pholidophoretes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pholidophoristion
    Pholidophoristion
    Pholidophoristion is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pholidophoroides
    Pholidophoroides
    Pholidophoroides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pholidophoropsis
    Pholidophoropsis
    Pholidophoropsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pholidophorus
    Pholidophorus
    Pholidophorus is an extinct genus of teleost fish from the Triassic and Jurassic periods of Africa, Europe, and South America.Pholidophorus was a herring-like fish about long, although it was not closely related to modern herring. Like them, however, it had a single dorsal fin, a symmetrical tail,...

  • Pholidopleurus
    Pholidopleurus
    Pholidopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pholidorhynchodon
    Pholidorhynchodon
    Pholidorhynchodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Phosphichthys
    Phosphichthys
    Phosphichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Photichthys
  • Phycis
  • Phylactocephalus
    Phylactocephalus
    Phylactocephalus is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35580&is_real_user=1...

  • Phyllodus
  • Physiculus
    Physiculus
    Physiculus is a genus of fish in the Moridae family.It contains the following species:* skulpin...

  • Pillararhynchus
    Pillararhynchus
    Pillararhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pimelometopon
  • Pinichthys
    Pinichthys
    Pinichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pirskenius
    Pirskenius
    Pirskenius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early part of the Miocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pisdurodon
    Pisdurodon
    Pisdurodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pisodonophis
    Pisodonophis
    Pisodonophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:* Pisodonophis boro * Pisodonophis cancrivorus...

  • Piveteauia
    Piveteauia
    Piveteauia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived during the Lower Triassic period. The genus is named for twentieth century French vertebrate paleontologist Jean Piveteau...

  • Placopleurus
    Placopleurus
    Placopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Plagioholocentrum
    Plagioholocentrum
    Plagioholocentrum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Platax
    Platax
    Platax is a genus of Indo-Pacific, reef-associated fish belonging to the family Ephippidae. There are currently five known extant species generally accepted to belong to the genus. They are one of the fish taxa commonly known as "batfish".-Description:...

  • Platichthys
    Platichthys
    Starry flounders is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family. It contains two species.-Species:* European flounder, Platichthys flesus .* Starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus ....

  • Platinx
    Platinx
    Platinx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Platycephalus
    Platycephalus
    Platycephalus is a genus of mostly-marine, bottom-dwelling fish in the family Platycephalidae.-Etymology and Taxonomic History:The name of the genus, Platycephalus is derived from the Greek words for "flat" and "head"...

  • Platylaemus
    Platylaemus
    Platylaemus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Platylates
    Platylates
    Platylates is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Platysiagum
    Platysiagum
    Platysiagum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Platysomus
    Platysomus
    Platysomus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in the Carboniferous and Permian periods. Fossils have been found worldwide....

  • Plectocretacicus
    Plectocretacicus
    Plectocretacicus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Plectorhinchus
    Plectorhinchus
    The sweetlips, Plectorhinchus, are a genus in the family Haemulidae, with 35 species found in fresh, brackish and salt waters. These fish have big fleshy lips and tend to live on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific in small groups or pairs...

  • Plectrites
  • Plectrypops
    Plectrypops
    Plectrypops is a genus of soldierfish containing two extant species, with one species in the Indo-Pacific, and another in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean. They are red and reach a length of approximately 15 cm...

  • Plesioberyx
    Plesioberyx
    Plesioberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Plesiococcolepis
    Plesiococcolepis
    Plesiococcolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Plesiolepidotus
    Plesiolepidotus
    Plesiolepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Plesioperleidus
    Plesioperleidus
    Plesioperleidus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Plesioserranus
    Plesioserranus
    Plesioserranus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Plethodus
    Plethodus
    Plethodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-Biology:As the name would suggest, the bony fish does contain several bones. What most fish enthusiasts fail to recognize is the fish's natural ability to read minds. This psychic fish was deemed to powerful to coexist with other fish species...

  • Pleuronichthys
    Pleuronichthys
    Pleuronichthys is a genus of fish in the Pleuronectidae family.-Nomenclature:The word Pleuronichthys is derived from the Greek πλευρά , meaning "rib" or "side", and ἰχθύς , meaning "fish".-Species:...

  • Pleuropholis
    Pleuropholis
    Pleuropholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Podocephalus
    Podocephalus
    Podocephalus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Podothecus
  • Pogonias
  • Pollachius
  • Polydactylus
  • Polygyrodus
    Polygyrodus
    Polygyrodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Polyipnoides
    Polyipnoides
    Polyipnoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Polyipnus
    Polyipnus
    Polyipnus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. This is the largest genus of the marine hatchetfishes and indeed of the entire Sternoptychidae...

  • Polymetme
  • Polymetmeglareosus
  • Polymixia
  • Polyosteorhynchus
    Polyosteorhynchus
    Polyosteorhynchus is an extinct genus of coelacanth lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period . The size of Polyosteorhynchus was about 3,5 – 19 cm long....

  • Polzbergia
    Polzbergia
    Polzbergia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pomacanthus
    Pomacanthus
    Pomacanthus is a genus of marine angelfish that is usually found around reefs and coral. Some of the notable places one can see these vari-coloured fish includes the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Sipidan off the southern coast of Sabah, Malaysia.-Species:...

  • Pomadasys
  • Pomolobus
  • Pontinus
    Pontinus
    Pontinus is a genus of marine fish....

  • Porichthys
  • Porolepis
    Porolepis
    Porolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Poromitra
  • Powichthys
    Powichthys
    Powichthys is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Devonian period. This fish it was small in size, about 30 cm....

  • Praewoodsia
    Praewoodsia
    Praewoodsia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pranesus
    Pranesus
    Pranesus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Prevolitans
    Prevolitans
    Prevolitans is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Priacanthopsis
    Priacanthopsis
    Priacanthopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Priacanthus
  • Prionolepis
    Prionolepis
    Prionolepis is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35581&is_real_user=1...

  • Prionopleurus
    Prionopleurus
    Prionopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Prionotus
    Prionotus
    Prionotus is a genus of fish in the family Triglidae. It contains eighteen described species.-Species:* Spiny searobin, Prionotus alatus Houttuyn, 1782.* Whitesnout searobin, Prionotus albirostris Jordan & Bollman, 1890....

  • Priscacara
    Priscacara
    Priscacara is an extinct genus of perch from the Eocene. Fossils of this fish are commonly found in the Green River Formation in Wyoming. Priscacara probably lived in freshwater streams and lakes, feeding on small creatures like snails, crabs, prawns, and tadpoles. Generally, two to three of the...

  • Pristigenys
  • Pristiosomus
    Pristiosomus
    Pristiosomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Proaracana
    Proaracana
    Proaracana dubia is an extinct, prehistoric aracanid boxfish that lived during the Lutetian of middle Eocene Monte Bolca.-See also:* Eolactoria* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Proargentina
    Proargentina
    Proargentina is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Procheirichthys
    Procheirichthys
    Procheirichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Prodiodon
    Prodiodon
    Prodiodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Progempylus
    Progempylus
    Progempylus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Progymnodon
    Progymnodon
    Progymnodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Prohalecites
    Prohalecites
    Prohalecites is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Prolates
    Prolates
    Prolates is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Prolepidotus
    Prolepidotus
    Prolepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Proleptolepis
    Proleptolepis
    Proleptolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • †Proluvarus
  • Promegalops
    Promegalops
    Promegalops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pronotacanthus
    Pronotacanthus
    Pronotacanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Propercarina
    Propercarina
    Propercarina is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Propteridium
    Propteridium
    Propteridium is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Propterus
    Propterus
    Propterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Prosauropsis
    Prosauropsis
    Prosauropsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Proscinetes
    Proscinetes
    Proscinetes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Proserranus
    Proserranus
    Proserranus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Danian stage of the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Proserrivomer
    Proserrivomer
    Proserrivomer is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Prosolenostomus
    Prosolenostomus
    Prosolenostomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene....

  • Prosopium
    Prosopium
    Prosopium is a genus of freshwater whitefishes found in North America and parts of eastern Russia. It contains three fairly widespread species: the round whitefish, the pygmy whitefish, and the mountain whitefish. The remaining species, the Bonneville cisco, the Bonneville whitefish, and the Bear...

  • Protacanthodes
    Protacanthodes
    Protacanthodes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protamblyptera
    Protamblyptera
    Protamblyptera is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protanthias
    Protanthias
    Protanthias is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protarpon
    Protarpon
    Protarpon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protaulopsis
  • Protautoga
    Protautoga
    Protautoga is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protelops
    Protelops
    Protelops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Proteomyrus
    Proteomyrus
    Proteomyrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protobalistium
    Protobalistium
    Protobalistium is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protobrama
    Protobrama
    Protobrama is an extinct genus of teleost fish from the Cretaceous period of Lebanon.Protobrama was a small fish, only long, and is thought to have hunted around coral reefs. It had a deep body, with long dorsal and anal fins, but had no pelvic fin. The position of the pectoral fins high on the...

  • Protobrotula
    Protobrotula
    Protobrotula is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protoclupea
    Protoclupea
    Protoclupea is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Oxfordian to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protolophotus
    Protolophotus
    Protolophotus is an extinct genus of Lampridiformes.-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database...

  • Protomyctophum
    Protomyctophum
    Protomyctophum is a genus of lanternfish in the family Myctophidae.- Species :* Protomyctophum andriashevi Becker, 1963* Arctic telescope, Protomyctophum arcticum * Protomyctophum beckeri Wisner, 1971...

  • Protorhamphosus
    Protorhamphosus
    Protorhamphosus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protoscaphirhynchus
    Protoscaphirhynchus
    Protoscaphirhynchus squamosus is an extinct sturgeon that lived from the Turonian to the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protosphyraena
    Protosphyraena
    Protosphyraena is a fossil genus of swordfish-like marine fish, that throve worldwide during the Upper Cretaceous Period . Though fossil remains of this taxon have been found in both Europe and Asia, it is perhaps best known from the Smoky Hill Member of the Niobrara Chalk Formation of Kansas...

  • Protostomias
    Protostomias
    Protostomias is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Protriacanthus
    Protriacanthus
    -Sources:* New superfamily and three new families of tetraodontiform fishes from the Upper Cretaceous : the earliest and most morphologically primitive plectognaths by James C. Tyler*...

  • Prymnetes
    Prymnetes
    Prymnetes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Psenes
    Psenes
    Psenes is one genus among 4 genera containing all together 18 species of perciform fish of the family Nomeidae commonly known as Driftfish...

  • Psenicubiceps
    Psenicubiceps
    Psenicubiceps is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Psettodes
  • Psettopsis
    Psettopsis
    Psettopsis subarcuatus is an extinct, prehistoric moonyfish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of Monte Bolca, Italy.It had large, rounded dorsal and anal fins, and was a comparatively large fish, being about 45 centimeters long, much larger than its relative, Pasaichthys.-See also:* Pasaichthys*...

  • Pseudholocentrum
    Pseudholocentrum
    Pseudholocentrum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pseudoberyx
    Pseudoberyx
    Pseudoberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pseudoegertonia
    Pseudoegertonia
    Pseudoegertonia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Danian stage of the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pseudohilsa
  • Pseudohistiophorus
  • Pseudoleptolepis
    Pseudoleptolepis
    Pseudoleptolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pseudophichthyes
  • Pseudophycis
    Pseudophycis
    Pseudophycis are codlings of the family Moridae found in New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania.-Species:* Pseudophycis bachus or red codling* Pseudophycis barbata or southern bastard codling...

  • Pseudoraniceps
    Pseudoraniceps
    Pseudoraniceps is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pseudoscaris
  • Pseudoscopelus
  • Pseudoseriola
    Pseudoseriola
    Pseudoseriola is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pseudosphaerodon
    Pseudosphaerodon
    Pseudosphaerodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric Actinopterygii, or ray-finned fish, that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pseudosyngnathus
    Pseudosyngnathus
    Pseudosyngnathus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pseudotetrapterus
    Pseudotetrapterus
    Pseudotetrapterus is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:*, Paleobiology Database...

  • Pseudoumbrina
    Pseudoumbrina
    Pseudoumbrina is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Pliocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pseudovomer
    Pseudovomer
    Pseudovomer minutus is an extinct species of prehistoric carangid similar to the modern day Lookdown, Selene vomer, that lived during the Messinian subepoch of what is now Sicily.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pseudoxenomystax
  • Psilichthys
    Psilichthys
    Psilichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pteronisculus
    Pteronisculus
    Pteronisculus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pterothrissus
    Pterothrissus
    Pterothrissus is a genus of fish belonging to the bonefish family Albulidae.- Species :The following species are currently recognized:* Pterothrissus belloci Cadenat, 1937...

  • Pterygocephalus
    Pterygocephalus
    Pterygocephalus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ptycholepis
    Ptycholepis
    Ptycholepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish having the head and opercular bones ornamented with ridges of ganoin, minute teeth, and thick scales . -See also:...

  • Pungitius
    Pungitius
    Pungitius is a genus of fish in the Gasterosteidae family.It contains the following species:* Pungitius bussei * Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971 Ellinopygósteos...

  • Pycnodus
    Pycnodus
    Pycnodus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish ranging from the Cretaceous to Eocene periods. As its name suggests, it is the type genus of Pycnodontiformes....

  • Pycnosterinx
    Pycnosterinx
    Pycnosterinx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Santonian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pycnosteroides
    Pycnosteroides
    Pycnosteroides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Pygaeus
    Pygaeus
    Pygaeus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...




R

  • Rachycentron
  • Radulinus
  • Ramallichthys
    Ramallichthys
    Ramallichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ramphosus
    Ramphosus
    Ramphosus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Raniceps
  • Rankinian
    Rankinian
    Rankinian is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Santonian to the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Rexea
  • Rhabdoderma
    Rhabdoderma
    Rhabdoderma is an extinct genus of coelacanth fish in the class Sarcopterygii. It lived in the Carboniferous, and its fossils have been found in Europe and North America....

  • Rhabdofario
    Rhabdofario
    Oncorhynchus lacustris is an extinct species of prehistoric freshwater trout from the late Miocene to late Pliocene of Western North America. Its fossils have been found in lacustrine deposits in what is now Idaho.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Rhabdolepis
    Rhabdolepis
    Rhabdolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Permian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Rhacochilus
  • Rhacolepis
    Rhacolepis
    Rhacolepis is an extinct genus of fish from the Cretaceous....

  • Rhadinichthys
    Rhadinichthys
    Rhadinichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Rhamphexocoetus
    Rhamphexocoetus
    Rhamphexocoetus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Rhamphognathus
    Rhamphognathus
    Rhamphognathus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Rharbichthys
    Rharbichthys
    Rharbichthys is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35582&is_real_user=1...

  • Rhechias
  • Rhenanoperca
    Rhenanoperca
    Rhenanoperca is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Rhinocephalus
    Rhinocephalus
    Rhinocephalus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...



  • Rhinodipterus
    Rhinodipterus
    Rhinodipterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric dipnoan sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish, that lived in the Devonian Period, between 416 and 359 million years ago. It is believed to have inhabited shallow, salt-water reefs, and is one of the earliest known examples of marine lungfish...

  • Rhizodus
    Rhizodus
    Rhizodus is an extinct genus of a rhizodont, a branch of the Sarcopterygii, the bony vertebrate clade that also includes tetrapods....

  • Rhynchoconger
    Rhynchoconger
    Rhynchoconger is a genus of eels in the family Congridae. It currently contains the following species:* Rhynchoconger ectenurus * Rhynchoconger flavus...

  • Rhynchocymba
    Rhynchocymba
    Rhynchocymba is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Pleistocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Rhynchodercetis
    Rhynchodercetis
    Rhynchodercetis is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35583&is_real_user=1...

  • Rhynchorinus
    Rhynchorinus
    Rhynchorinus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Rhythmias
    Rhythmias
    Rhythmias is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Roncador
  • Rubiesichthys
    Rubiesichthys
    Rubiesichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...




S

  • Saccogaster
    Saccogaster
    Saccogaster is a genus of fish in the Bythitidae family.It includes Saccogaster melanomycter....

  • Sahelinia
    Sahelinia
    Sahelinia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Sakamenichthys
    Sakamenichthys
    Sakamenichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Salminops
    Salminops
    Salminops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Salmo
    Salmo
    Salmo is a genus of fish in the salmon family that includes the familiar species Atlantic salmon and brown trout . The natural distribution of the genus is chiefly European. Only the range of the Atlantic salmon extends to northern North America...

  • Salvelinus
    Salvelinus
    Salvelinus is a genus of salmonid fish often called char or charr; some species are called "trout". Salvelinus is a member of the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family. Charr may be identified by light cream pink or red spots over a darker body. Scales tend to be small, with 115-200 along...

  • Sarda
  • Sardina
  • Sardinella
    Sardinella
    SardinellaSardinella is a genus of fishes in the family Clupeidae. This genus currently contains 21 recognized species. These fish are generally coastal, schooling fish, and abundant in warmer waters. They can be found nearly anywhere in the tropic and subtropic oceans of the World...

  • Sardinius
    Sardinius
    Sardinius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Sardinoides
    Sardinoides
    Sardinoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Sardinops
  • Sargocentron
    Sargocentron
    Sargocentron is a genus of squirrelfish containing approximately 35 species. They are found in tropical parts of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, with the greatest species diversity near reefs in the Indo-Pacific. Being largely or entirely nocturnal, they have relatively large eyes. Red and...

  • Sargodon
    Sargodon
    Sargodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Sargus
  • Sarmatella
  • Sassenia
    Sassenia
    Sassenia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Saurichthys
    Saurichthys
    Saurichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Triassic period. Fossils have been found worldwide.Saurichthys was an elongated, streamlined, fish about long, and looked similar to the modern pike. Its dorsal and anal fins were placed opposite each other wll back on the body, and the...

  • Saurocephalus
    Saurocephalus
    Saurocephalus is an extinct genus of fishes within the family Saurodontidae Cope, 1871.Members of this family were teleostean fishes restricted to the upper Cretaceous...

  • Saurodon
    Saurodon
    Saurodon is an extinct genus of Ichthyodectid fish from the Cretaceous.Saurodon leanus is known to occur as early as the late Coniacian through the Santonian, in the Late Cretaceous.- Species :...

  • Sauropsis
    Sauropsis
    Sauropsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Saurorhamphus
    Saurorhamphus
    Saurorhamphus is a genus of prehistoric fish.-References:http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35585&is_real_user=1...

  • Saurorhynchus
    Saurorhynchus
    Saurorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Saurostomus
    Saurostomus
    Saurostomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Scalanago
  • Scanilepis
    Scanilepis
    Scanilepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Scarus
    Scarus
    Scarus is a genus of parrotfish. With at least fifty-two currently recognised extant species, it is by far the largest genus in this group. The vast majority are found at reefs in the Indo-Pacific, but a small number of species are found in the warmer parts of the eastern Pacific, and the western...

  • Scatophagus
  • Sciaena
  • Sciaenops
  • Sciaenurus
    Sciaenurus
    Sciaenurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Scianenuropsis
    Scianenuropsis
    Scianenuropsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Scleracanthus
    Scleracanthus
    Scleracanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian, or lobe-finned fish.-See also:* Sarcopterygii* List of sarcopterygians* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Scomber
    Scomber
    Scomber is a genus of ocean-dwelling mackerels in the family Scombridae.-Species:FishBase lists four species:* Blue mackerel, Scomber australasicus Cuvier, 1832.* Atlantic Chub Mackerel, Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789....

  • Scomberesox
  • Scomberoides
  • Scomberomorus
    Scomberomorus
    Scomberomorus is a genus of mackerels in the family Scombridae.-Species:FishBase lists 18 species:* Serra Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus brasiliensis Collette, Russo & Zavala-Camin, 1978.* King mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla ....

  • Scombramphodon
    Scombramphodon
    Scombramphodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Scombrinus
    Scombrinus
    Scombrinus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



  • Scombroclupea
    Scombroclupea
    Scombroclupea is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Scombrops
  • Scombrosarda
    Scombrosarda
    Scombrosarda is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Scombrosphyraena
    Scombrosphyraena
    Scombrosphyraena is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Scopelarchus
  • Scopelogadus
  • Scopeloides
    Scopeloides
    Scopeloides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Scopelopsis
  • Scopelosaurus
  • Scophthalmus
    Scophthalmus
    Scophthalmus is a genus in the family Scophthalmidae. The genus consists of four species:* Scophthalmus aquosus - Windowpane flounder* Scophthalmus maeoticus - Black-Sea Turbot...

  • Scorpaena
    Scorpaena
    Scorpaena is a large genus of marine fish. It consists of 62 species:* Scorpaena afuerae – Peruvian scorpionfish* Scorpaena agassizii – longfin scorpionfish* Scorpaena albifimbria – coral scorpionfish...

  • Scorpaenichthys
  • Sebastes
    Sebastes
    Sebastes is a genus of fish in the family Sebastidae , most of which have the common name of rockfish. Most of the world's almost 110 Sebastes species live in the north Pacific, although two live in the south Pacific/Atlantic and four Sebastes is a genus of fish in the family Sebastidae (though...

  • †Sebastodes
  • Sedenhorstia
    Sedenhorstia
    Sedenhorstia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Cenomanian to Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Seefeldia
    Seefeldia
    Seefeldia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Selar
  • Selenaspis
  • Semionotus
    Semionotus
    Semionotus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish found throughout Northern Pangaea during the late Triassic, becoming extinct at the start of the Jurassic.-External links:...

  • Seriola
    Seriola
    Seriola is a genus of bony fish, commonly known as amberjacks. Nine species are currently recognized, although these were formerly split into many more...

  • Seriphus
  • Serranopsis
    Serranopsis
    Serranopsis is a genus of prehistoric fish related to the modern perch....

  • Serranus
    Serranus
    Serranus is a genus of fish in the Serranidae family.It contains the following species:* meo viejo * Comber * Painted comber * Belted sandfish...

  • Serrolepis
    Serrolepis
    Serrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Siganopygaeus
    Siganopygaeus
    Siganopygaeus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Sillaginoides
  • Sillago
    Sillago
    Sillago is one of three genera in the family Sillaginidae containing the smelt-whitings, and contains 29 species, making Sillago the only non-monotypic genus in the family. Distinguishing among Sillago species can be difficult, with many similar in appearance and colour, forcing the use of swim...

  • Sinocoelacanthus
    Sinocoelacanthus
    Sinocoelacanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Sinoeugnathus
    Sinoeugnathus
    Sinoeugnathus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Sinoniscus
    Sinoniscus
    Sinoniscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Permian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Sinosemionotus
    Sinosemionotus
    Sinosemionotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Sirembo
  • †Smilodonichthys
  • Solea
    Soleá
    "Soleares" is one of the most basic forms or "palos" of Flamenco music, probably originated around Cádiz or Seville in Andalusia, the most southern region of Spain...

  • Solenorhynchus
    Solenorhynchus
    Solenorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Solenostomus
  • Songanella
    Songanella
    Songanella is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Sparisoma
    Sparisoma
    Sparisoma is a genus of parrotfishes native to warmer parts of the Atlantic. FishBase recognize 13 species in this genus, but another was described from Trindade Island in 2010 and a species from the Gulf of Guinea still has not been formally described...

  • Sparnodus
    Sparnodus
    Sparnodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Sparus


  • Spathiurus
    Spathiurus
    Spathiurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Sphathiurus
    Sphathiurus
    Sphathiurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Sphenocephalus
    Sphenocephalus
    Sphenocephalus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Cretaceous period. Fossils have been found in England and Italy....

  • Sphyraena
  • Sphyraenodus
    Sphyraenodus
    Sphyraenodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Sphyraenops
  • Spicara
  • Spinacanthus
    Spinacanthus
    Spinacanthus cuneiformis is an extinct prehistoric tetraodontid bony fish that lived from the Lutetian epoch of Eocene Monte Bolca.In life, it would have resembled a somewhat-flattened boxfish with five massive spines along the anterior-dorsal side, with the longest spine directly above the...

  • Spirinchus
    Spirinchus
    Spirinchus is a genus of smelts , consisting of three species.-Species:* Spirinchus lanceolatus* Spirinchus starksi* Spirinchus thaleichthys...

  • Sponysedrion
    Sponysedrion
    Sponysedrion is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Squalogadus
  • Stegotrachelus
    Stegotrachelus
    Stegotrachelus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Stemmatodus
    Stemmatodus
    Stemmatodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* List of prehistoric bony fish* Prehistoric fish...

  • Stenatherina
  • Stenobrachius
  • Stensioonotus
    Stensioonotus
    Stensioonotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Sternoptyx
    Sternoptyx
    Sternoptyx is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. This is the type genus of the Sternoptychidae, as well as the marine hatchetfish subfamily Sternoptychinae.It contains only four living species:...

  • Stichoberyx
    Stichoberyx
    Stichoberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Stichocentrus
    Stichocentrus
    Stichocentrus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Stichopterus
    Stichopterus
    Stichopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Stichopteryx
    Stichopteryx
    Stichopteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Stolephorus
    Stolephorus
    Stolephorus is a genus of fish in the Engraulidae family.-Species:It currently contains 20 species:* Stolephorus advenus Wongratana, 1987 * Stolephorus andhraensis Babu Rao, 1966...

  • Stomiahykus
    Stomiahykus
    Stomiahykus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Stratodus
    Stratodus
    Stratodus is a genus of prehistoric fish. This sleek fish has an upper jaw filled with multiple layers of tiny teeth.-References:*http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35586&is_real_user=1...

  • Strepeoschema
    Strepeoschema
    Strepeoschema is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Stromateus
  • Stromerichthys
    Stromerichthys
    Stromerichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Strongylosteus
    Strongylosteus
    Strongylosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Strunius
    Strunius
    Strunius is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish from the Devonian period of Germany.Although it was a lobe-finned fish Struniuss fins were supported by fin rays, which are more associated with ray-finned fish. However, its skull was composed of two articulating halves, a feature characteristic of...

  • †Styloichthyes
  • Styracopterus
    Styracopterus
    Styracopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Sundayichthys
    Sundayichthys
    Sundayichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Symbolophorus
    Symbolophorus
    Symbolophorus is a genus of lanternfish in the family Myctophidae. It feeds on various small forms of sea life, in particular fish.- Species :* Symbolophorus barnardi * Bogue lanternfish, Symbolophorus boops...

  • Symphodus
    Symphodus
    Symphodus is a genus of fish of Labridae family.- Species :*Symphodus bailloni - Baillon's wrasse*Symphodus cinereus - Grey wrasse*Symphodus doderleini Jordan, 1890...

  • Symphurus
    Symphurus
    Symphurus is the most speciose genus of tonguefish, family Cynoglossidae. They are distinguished by merged dorsal, caudal, and anal fins, the absence of a lateral line and pectoral fins, and the presence of only one pelvic fin. They are sinistral flatfishes, meaning that as adults their craniums...

  • Synagrops
  • Syngnathus
  • Synhypuralis
    Synhypuralis
    Synhypuralis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Synodus
    Synodus
    Synodus is a genus in the lizardfish family , with 37 species.-Species:** Synodus amaranthus Waples & Randall, 1988** Two-spot lizard fish, Synodus binotatus Schultz, 1953...

  • Syntengmodus
    Syntengmodus
    Syntengmodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...




T

  • Tachynectes
    Tachynectes
    Tachynectes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Turonian to the Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Taenioconger
  • Tarletonbeania
  • Tarrasius
    Tarrasius
    Tarrasius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Tegeolepis
    Tegeolepis
    Tegeolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Telepholis
    Telepholis
    Telepholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Cenomanian to Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Tenuicentrum
    Tenuicentrum
    Tenuicentrum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Teratichthys
  • Tetragonolepis
    Tetragonolepis
    Tetragonolepis is an extinct genus of bony fish belonging to the Semionotiformes family Semionotidae.-Sources:* In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods by Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sues...

  • Tetragonurus
  • Tetraodon
    Tetraodon
    Tetraodon is the largest genus in the pufferfish family . Its 23 members have a wide distribution, from Africa to Southeast Asia...

  • Tetrapterus
    Tetrapterus
    Tetrapterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Thalattorhynchus
    Thalattorhynchus
    Thalattorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Tharrhias
    Tharrhias
    Tharrhias is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Tharsis
    Tharsis
    The Tharsis region on Mars is a vast volcanic plateau centered near the equator in Mars’ western hemisphere. The region is home to the largest volcanoes in the Solar System, including the three enormous shield volcanoes Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Ascraeus Mons, which are collectively known as...

  • Thaumaturus
    Thaumaturus
    Thaumaturus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Theragra
  • Thomasinotus
    Thomasinotus
    Thomasinotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived in the Induan stage of the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Thoracopterus
    Thoracopterus
    Thoracopterus is an extinct genus of bony fish.-References:* Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson * Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton* The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million...

  • Thrissops
    Thrissops
    Thrissops is an extinct genus of teleost fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.Thrissops was a fast predatory fish about long, that fed on other bony fish. It had a streamlined body with a deeply cleft tail and only very small pelvic fins...



  • Thunnus
    Thunnus
    Thunnus is a genus of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, all of which are tuna, although other tuna species are found in other genera. The name of the genus is the Latinized form of the Greek θύννος, thýnnos, tuna, the word being first mentioned in Homer...

  • Thursius
    Thursius
    Thursius is a genus of prehistoric fish....

  • Thymallus
  • Thyrsion
    Thyrsion
    Thyrsion is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Thyrsitocephalus
    Thyrsitocephalus
    Thyrsitocephalus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Thyrsocles
    Thyrsocles
    Thyrsocles is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Tibetodus
    Tibetodus
    Tibetodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Ticinepomis
    Ticinepomis
    Ticinepomis is an extinct genus of coelacanth lobe-finned fish which lived during the Triassic period. It belonged to the family of Coelacanthidae....

  • Tienshaniscus
    Tienshaniscus
    Tienshaniscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Permian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Tiktaalik
    Tiktaalik
    Tiktaalik is a genus of extinct sarcopterygian from the late Devonian period, with many features akin to those of tetrapods . It is an example from several lines of ancient sarcopterygian "fish" developing adaptations to the oxygen-poor shallow-water habitats of its time, which led to the...

  • Todiltia
    Todiltia
    Todiltia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Toxotes
    Archerfish
    The archerfish are a family of fish known for their habit of preying on land based insects and other small animals by literally shooting them down with water droplets from their specialized mouths...

  • Trachelacanthus
    Trachelacanthus
    Trachelacanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Permian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Trachicaranx
    Trachicaranx
    Trachicaranx tersus is a primitive, pompano-like jack fish from what is now Turkmenistan. It lived in an ocean upwelling with its relative, Archaeus oblongus during the Thanetian epoch of the late Paleocene. Some incomplete fossil specimens were once identified as being a separate species,...

  • Trachichythyoides
    Trachichythyoides
    Trachichythyoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Trachinus
    Trachinus
    Trachinus is a genus of weevers, order Perciformes. Consists of next species:** Spotted weever, Trachinus araneus Cuvier, 1829.** Guinean weever, Trachinus armatus Bleeker, 1861.** Sailfin weever, Trachinus collignoni Roux, 1957....

  • Trachurus
    Trachurus
    Jack mackerels are marine fishes in the Trachurus genus of the Carangidae family. The type species of the genus is the Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek word trachys, meaning "rough", and the Greek word oura, meaning "tail"...

  • Trachyrhinchus
  • Trewavasia
    Trewavasia
    Trewavasia carinata is an extinct pycnodontid that lived during the lower Cenomanian of what is now Lebanon. It had a large, forward-pointing horn-like spine between its eyes, and a massive stump-like spine emanating from the . T...

  • Triacanthus


  • Trichiurichthys
    Trichiurichthys
    Trichiurichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Trichiurus
  • Trichurides
    Trichurides
    Trichurides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Trigla
    Trigla
    Trigla is a small genus of fish in the family Triglidae. It has two described species.-Species:* Piper gurnard, Trigla lyra Linnaeus, 1758.-See also:* List of prehistoric bony fish* List of extant animal genera represented in the fossil record...

  • Trigonodon
    Trigonodon
    Trigonodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Triodon
    Threetooth puffer
    The threetooth puffer, Triodon macropterus, is a tetraodontiform fish, the only living species in the genus Triodon and family Triodontidae. Other members of the family are known from fossils stretching back to the Eocene....

  • Tripelta
    Tripelta
    Tripelta is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Triphoturus
  • Tripterophycis
  • Tripterygion
    Tripterygion
    Tripterygion is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae.-Species:* Tripterygion delaisi Cadenat & Blache, 1970 - Black-faced blenny* Tripterygion melanurus Guichenot, 1850...

  • Trisopterus
  • Tselfatia
    Tselfatia
    Tselfatia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Tubantia
    Tubantia
    Tubantia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the upper Campanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Tungtingichthys
    Tungtingichthys
    Tungtingichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Tungusichthys
    Tungusichthys
    Tungusichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Tunita
    Tunita
    Tunita is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Turahbuglossus
    Turahbuglossus
    Turahbuglossus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Turkmene
    Turkmene
    Turkmene finitimus is an extinct lamprid from the Danata Formation Lagerstatten, of the Upper Paleocene of Turkmenistan. It lived sympatrically with its close relative, Danatinia.In life, T...

  • Tylerichthys
    Tylerichthys
    Tylerichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...




U

  • †Uarbyichthys
  • Umbra
    Umbra
    The umbra, penumbra and antumbra are the names given to three distinct parts of a shadow, created by any light source. For a point source only the umbra is cast.These names are most often used to refer to the shadows cast by celestial bodies....

  • Umbrina
  • Undina
    Undina (fish)
    Undina is a genus of prehistoric coelacanth, lobe-finned fish which lived during the Late Jurassic period. Fossils have been found in Germany....

  • Uranolophus
    Uranolophus
    Uranolophus is a prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Late Devonian period. It is the type genus of the family Uranolophidae....


  • Uranoscopus
    Uranoscopus
    Uranoscopus is a genus of Stargazers, consists of 23 species:* Uranoscopus affinis* Uranoscopus albesca* Uranoscopus archionema* Uranoscopus bauchotae* Uranoscopus bicinctus* Uranoscopus cadenati* Uranoscopus chinensis...

  • Urenchelys
    Urenchelys
    Urenchelys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Uroconger
    Uroconger
    Uroconger is a genus of eels in the family Congridae. It currently contains the following species:* Uroconger drachi * Uroconger erythraeus Castle, 1982...

  • Urophycis

  • Urosphen
    Urosphen
    Urosphen is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Urosphenopsis
    Urosphenopsis
    Urosphenopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Urosthenes
    Urosthenes
    Urosthenes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Uydenia
    Uydenia
    Uydenia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...




V

  • Valenciennellus
    Valenciennellus
    Valenciennellus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as constellationfishes.Its type species is V...

  • Varasichthys
    Varasichthys
    Varasichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Velifer
    Velifer
    Velifer hypselopterus is an Indo-Pacific Lampridiformes, better known as the sailfin velifer. The sailfin velifer is closely related to the spinyfin velifer, Metavelifer multiradiatus-External links:* at the Paleobiology Database*...

  • Ventrifossa
    Ventrifossa
    Ventrifossa is a genus of rattails currently with 24 described species.-Species:*Arrowtooth grenadier Ventrifossa atherodon*Hawaiian grenadier Ventrifossa ctenomelas*Plainfin grenadier Ventrifossa divergens*Ventrifossa fusca...


  • Verilus
  • Veronanguilla
    Veronanguilla
    Veronanguilla is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Veronavelifer
    Veronavelifer
    Veronavelifer sorbinii is an extinct sailfin moonfish from the Lutetian epoch of the Monte Bolca lagerstatten....

  • Vinciguerria
    Vinciguerria
    Vinciguerria are a genus of lightfishes.-Included species:The genus Vinciguerria include the following species:* Vinciguerria attenuata* Vinciguerria lucetia * Vinciguerria mabahiss...

  • Vinctifer
    Vinctifer
    Vinctifer is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...


  • Volcichthys
    Volcichthys
    Volcichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Voltaconger
    Voltaconger
    Voltaconger is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Vomeropsis
    Vomeropsis
    Vomeropsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



W

  • Wadeichthys
    Wadeichthys
    Wadeichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Wangia
    Wangia
    Wangia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Wardichthys
    Wardichthys
    Wardichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Watsonichthyes
    Watsonichthyes
    Watsonichthyes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Watsonulus
    Watsonulus
    Watsonulus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...


  • †Wendyichths
  • Westollia
    Westollia
    Westollia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Wetherellus
    Wetherellus
    Wetherellus is an extinct genus of mackerel from the Eocene....

  • Whitapodus
    Whitapodus
    Whitapodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...


  • Whiteia
    Whiteia
    Whiteia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived during the Triassic period.-External links:* at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive.*...

  • Whiteichthys
    Whiteichthys
    Whiteichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Willomorichthys
    Willomorichthys
    Willomorichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...

  • Wimania
    Wimania
    Wimania is an extinct genus of coelacanth which lived during the Triassic period. It belonged to the family of Coelacanthidae....



X

  • Xenistius
  • Xiphactinus
    Xiphactinus
    Xiphactinus was a large, 4.5 to 6 m long predatory bony fish that lived in the Western Interior Sea, over what is now the middle of North America, during the Late Cretaceous. When alive, the fish would have resembled a gargantuan, fanged tarpon...


  • Xiphias
  • Xiphiorhynchus
    Xiphiorhynchus
    Xiphiorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...


  • Xiphopterus
    Xiphopterus
    Xiphopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...

  • Xyne
    Xyne
    Xyne is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...



Y

  • Yonngichthys
    Yonngichthys
    Yonngichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...


  • Youngolepis
    Youngolepis
    Youngolepis is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Early Devonian period . Fossils have been found in China....


  • Yuchoulepis
    Yuchoulepis
    Yuchoulepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...




Z

  • Zanclites
    Zanclites
    Zanclites is a genus of prehistoric fish....

  • Zanclus
    Zanclus
    Zanclus is the legendary first king of the Sicilian city of Messina. He is mentioned in an etiological passage by Diodorus of Sicily, and has become a symbol of Messina. In modern Italian, the form is given as Zanclo....

  • Zaniolepis
    Zaniolepis
    Zaniolepis is a genus of scorpaeniform fish known from the fossil record, with a single extant species. This genus is the only member of the subfamily Zaniolepidinae....

  • Zaphlegulus
    Zaphlegulus
    Zaphlegulus is an extinct genus of superficially mackerel-like fish related to the cutlassfish and snake mackerels found off the coast of what is now California during the late Miocene and containing the single species Zaphlegulus venturaensis...


  • Zenion
    Zenion
    Zenion is a genus of fish which is known from the fossil record, but is still extant....

  • Zenopsis
    Zenopsis
    Zenopsis is a genus of dory with a fossil record dating back to the Oligocene epoch....

  • Zeuchthiscus
    Zeuchthiscus
    Zeuchthiscus is a genus of prehistoric ray finned fish that lived in Australia during the Early Triassic Period. It is believed to have been a nektonic omnivore. Closely related fish had a wide distribution in the northern hemisphere.-External links:*...



  • Zeus
  • Zignoichthys
    Zignoichthys
    Zignoichthys is a genus of prehistoric fish that lived during the early Eocene and went extinct before the middle portion of that same epoch.-External links:*...

  • Zoarces
    Zoarces
    Zoarces is a genus of eelpouts in the Zoarcidae family. Zoarces is also known as Macrozoarces. The members of this genus are ovoviviparous, giving birth to live young.-Species:* Ocean pout, Zoarces americanus ....



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