Aipichthys
Sign in to saveAipichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish that is possibly polyphyletic. Formerly classified in the Polymixiiformes, it is now thought to be a distant relative of oarfish and opahs.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Aipichthys, and connects out to Actinopterygii, Animalia and year.
It sits within the topics Cenomanian genera, Cretaceous fish of Europe and Fossils of Croatia.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Aipichthys Minor Cénomanien Liban.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- taxon name
- Aipichthys
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Aipichthys
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
Aipichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish that is possibly polyphyletic. Formerly classified in the Polymixiiformes, it is now thought to be a distant relative of oarfish and opahs.
==Species== Five species have traditionally placed within Aipichthys, but a redescription of the type species in 2016 suggested the genus to be polyphyletic, with only the type species as a member of the genus. The other four species were not moved out of the genus by the authors and were referred as `Aipichthys`. Aipichthys pretiosus Steindachner, 1860 (Komen Limestone, Volčji Grad, Komen, Slovenia) (type species) Aipichthys minor (Pictet, 1850) (Hakel and Hjoula, Lebanon) Aipichthys nuchalis (Dixon, 1850) (Upper Cenomanian English Chalk, Washington, Sussex, UK) Aipichthys oblongus Gayet, 1980 (Hakel and Hjoula, Lebanon) Aipichthys velifer Woodward, 1901 (Hakel and Hjoula, Lebanon)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aipichthys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.