Aipichthys

Aipichthys Temporal range: Cenomanian, 97–93 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
A. minor (Pictet 1850)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	†Aipichthyidae
Genus:	†Aipichthys Steindachner, 1860
Species
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Aipichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish that is possibly polyphyletic.[1] Formerly classified in the Polymixiiformes, it is now thought to be a distant relative of oarfish and opahs.[2][3]

Species

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

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

References

1. Delbarre, D. J.; Davesne, D.; Friedman, M. (2016). "Anatomy and relationships of †Aipichthys pretiosus and †Aipichthys' nuchalis (Acanthomorpha: Lampridomorpha), with a review of Late Cretaceous relatives of oarfishes and their allies". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14 (7): 545–567. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1078538. S2CID 86575270.
2. Davesne, Donald; Friedman, Matt; Barriel, Véronique; Lecointre, Guillaume; Janvier, Philippe; Gallut, Cyril; Otero, Olga (2014-09-02). "Early fossils illuminate character evolution and interrelationships of Lampridiformes (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 172 (2): 475–498. doi:10.1111/zoj.12166. ISSN 0024-4082.
3. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-03.