2018 in paleoichthyology
Ray-finned fishes

2018 in paleoichthyology

Section Title: Ray-finned fishes
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Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images

Allogenartina	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans, Huddleston & Takeuchi	Late Cretaceous (Santonian and Campanian)	Eutaw Formation	United States ( Alabama New Jersey)	Possibly a member of Stomiiformes belonging to the group Gonostomatoidei, of uncertain phylogenetic placement within the latter group. The type species is A.

Amphiarius paleoorinocoensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Aguilera & Marceniuk	Late Miocene	Urumaco Formation	Venezuela	A species of Amphiarius.

Anchiacipenser	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Sato et al.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada ( Alberta)	A sturgeon. Genus includes new species A. acanthaspis.

Andrewsolepis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Elliott	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)	Lower Coal Measures Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Actinopteri belonging to the family Haplolepidae. The type species is A. lochlani.

Apateodus? assisi	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans, Huddleston & Takeuchi	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Eutaw Formation	United States ( Alabama)	A member of Aulopiformes belonging to the family Ichthyotringidae.

Aphanolebias sarmaticus	Sp. nov	Valid	Reichenbacher, Filipescu & Miclea	Middle Miocene	Romania

Apsopelix ?berlinensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Early Cretaceous (Berriasian to Valanginian)	Germany Israel	A member of Crossognathiformes belonging to the family Crossognathidae.

Archaeglossus	Gen. et comb. et sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Jurassic (Bathonian to Tithonian)	United Kingdom	A member of Osteoglossiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is "Otolithus (Leptolepidarum)" pentangulatus Frost (1924); genus also includes new species A.

Ariopsis ariopsilus	Sp. nov	Valid	Aguilera & Marceniuk	Late Miocene	Urumaco Formation	Venezuela	A species of Ariopsis.

Atherina carnevalei	Sp. nov	Valid	Reichenbacher, Filipescu & Miclea	Middle Miocene	Romania	A species of Atherina.

Aulothrissus	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Early Cretaceous (Berriasian to Valanginian)	Gevaram Formation	Israel	A member of Elopiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is A. avitus; genus also includes A. heletzensis.

Avonichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Wilson, Pardo & Anderson	Carboniferous (Tournaisian)	Horton Bluff Formation	Canada ( Nova Scotia)	An early ray-finned fish. The type species is A. manskyi.

Bagre urumacoensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Aguilera & Marceniuk	Late Miocene	Urumaco Formation	Venezuela	A species of Bagre.

Benthalbella praecessor	Sp. nov	Valid	Nazarkin & Carnevale	Miocene (late Langhian–early Serravallian)	Kurasi Formation	Russia ( Sakhalin Oblast)	A species of Benthalbella.

Bicavolithus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Germany	A teleost of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species B. cavatus.

Blairolepis wallacei	Sp. nov	Valid	Elliott	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)	Lower Coal Measures Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Actinopteri belonging to the family Haplolepidae.

Blennius? martinii	Sp. nov	Valid	Reichenbacher, Filipescu & Miclea	Middle Miocene	Romania	A combtooth blenny.

Bluefieldius	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Mickle	Carboniferous (late Mississippian)	Bluefield Formation	United States ( West Virginia)	An early ray-finned fish. The type species is B. mercerensis.

Braccohaplolepis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Elliott	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)	Lower Coal Measures Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Actinopteri belonging to the family Haplolepidae. The type species is B. fenestratum.

Cerinichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Ebert	Late Jurassic	France	A member of Halecomorphi belonging to the new order Ophiopsiformes. Genus includes new species C. koelblae.

Champsodon tethensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Bannikov	Eocene (Bartonian)	Russia	A species of Champsodon

Chaoia	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale	Neogene	Austria Croatia Romania	A member of the family Sciaenidae. The type species is "Sciaena" moguntiniformis Pana (1977).

Clupea macrocephala	Sp. nov	Valid	Yabumoto & Nazarkin	Miocene	Bessho Formation	Japan	A species of Clupea.

Coryphaenoides scrupus	Sp. nov	Valid	Brzobohatý & Nolf	Middle Miocene	Czech Republic	A species of Coryphaenoides.

Cowetaichthys	Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans, Huddleston & Takeuchi	Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Maastrichtian) and Paleocene	Eutaw Formation	Denmark Germany Greenland United States ( Alabama)	A beardfish. The type species is C.

Cretolepis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wang et al.	Early Cretaceous	Longjiang Formation	China	A member of Palaeonisciformes. The type species is C. dongbeiensis.

Croatosciaena	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale	Middle Miocene	Croatia	A member of the family Sciaenidae. The type species is C. krambergeri.

Cubariomma	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bannikov	Early Oligocene	Russia ( Adygea)	A member of Stromateoidei of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species C. yanakuzminae.

Dapedium ballei	Sp. nov	Valid	Maxwell & López-Arbarello	Middle Jurassic (Aalenian)	Opalinuston Formation	Germany

Doggerichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Middle Jurassic (Aalenian	Germany	A member of Leptolepidiformes sensu lato of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species D. anguilliformis.

Eleogobius prochazkai	Sp. nov	Valid	Reichenbacher, Filipescu & Miclea	Middle Miocene	Romania

Elops eutawanus	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans, Huddleston & Takeuchi	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Eutaw Formation	United States ( Alabama)	A species of Elops.

Eoalosa	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Marramà & Carnevale	Eocene (Ypresian)	Monte Bolca	Italy	A member of the family Clupeidae. The type species is E. janvieri.

Eoellimmichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Marramà et al.	Eocene (late Ypresian)	Monte Bolca site	Italy	A member of Clupeomorpha belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes and the family Paraclupeidae. The type species is E. superstes.

Eutawichthys	Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans, Huddleston & Takeuchi	Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Maastrichtian)	Eutaw Formation	United States ( Alabama Maryland Mississippi New Jersey Tennessee)	A member of Beryciformes belonging to the group Berycoidei, of uncertain phylogenetic placement within the latter group. The type species is E.

Furloichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Taverne & Capasso	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Italy	A member of the family Ichthyodectidae. The type species is F. bonarellii.

Fuyuanichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Xu, Ma & Ren	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)	Falang Formation	China	An early member of Ginglymodi. The type species is F. wangi.

Genartina cretacea	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans, Huddleston & Takeuchi	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Eutaw Formation	United States ( Alabama)	Possibly a member of Stomiiformes.

Gobius apuseni	Sp. nov	Valid	Reichenbacher, Filipescu & Miclea	Middle Miocene	Romania	A species of Gobius.

Gobius holcovae	Sp. nov	Valid	Reichenbacher, Filipescu & Miclea	Middle Miocene	Romania	A species of Gobius.

Gobius manfredi	Sp. nov	Valid	Reichenbacher, Filipescu & Miclea	Middle Miocene	Romania	A species of Gobius.

Grimmenichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Konwert & Hörnig	Early Jurassic (Toarcian)	Germany	A member of Pholidophoriformes. Genus includes new species G. ansorgei.

Guimarotaichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Late Jurassic	Camadas de Guimarota	Portugal	A non-teleost bony fish of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species G. problematicus.

Haqelpycnodus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Taverne & Capasso	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Lebanon	A member of the family Pycnodontidae. The type species is H. picteti.

Ijimaia rara	Sp. nov	Valid	Brzobohatý & Nolf	Middle Miocene	Czech Republic	A species of Ijimaia.

Italoalbula	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Taverne & Capasso	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Limestones of Pietraroja	Italy	A bonefish. The type species is I. pietrarojae.

Joffrichthys tanyourus	Sp. nov	Valid	Murray et al.	Paleocene	Paskapoo Formation	Canada ( Alberta)	A member of Osteoglossomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement.

Kalabisia	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Přikryl & Carnevale	Oligocene–early Miocene	Ždánicko-Hustopeče Formation	Czech Republic	A viviparous brotula belonging to the subfamily Brosmophycinae. The type species is K. krumvirensis.

Lagocephalus striatus	Sp. nov	Valid	Aguilera et al.	Miocene (Serravallian)	Valiente Peninsula Formation	Panama	A species of Lagocephalus.

Lanarkichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Elliott	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)	Lower Coal Measures Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Actinopteri of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is L. gardineri.

Landinisciaena	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Valid	Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale	Miocene (late Burdigalian or early Langhian)	Belgium Germany Russia	A member of the family Sciaenidae. The type species is L. popovi; genus also includes "Atractoscion" elongatissimus Schwarzhans (1993).

Lanxangichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cavin et al.	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)	Grès supérieurs Formation Khok Kruat Formation?	Laos Thailand?	A gar. Genus includes new species L. alticephalus.

Lasalichthys otischalkensis	Sp. nov	Valid	Gibson	Late Triassic	Dockum Group	United States ( Texas)	A member of Redfieldiiformes.

Leptoelops	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Middle Jurassic	Germany	A member of Elopiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Otolithus (Lycopteridarum) rhenanus Weiler (1954); genus also includes Otolithus (Lycopteridarum) acutus Weiler (1954).

Leptosciaena	Gen. et comb. et sp. nov	Valid	Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale	Neogene	Azerbaijan Italy Kazakhstan	A member of the family Sciaenidae. The type species is "Genyonemus" karagiensis Bratishko, Schwarzhans & Reichenbacher (2015); genus also includes "Otolithus (Mugilidarum)" azerbaidjanicus Djafarova (2006), as well as new species L.

Leuroglossus kobylianskyi	Sp. nov	Valid	Nazarkin	Middle–Late Miocene	Kurasi Formation	Russia ( Sakhalin Oblast)	A species of Leuroglossus

Libanopycnodus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Taverne & Capasso	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Lebanon	A member of the family Pycnodontidae. The type species is L. wenzi.

Lopadichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Murray et al.	Paleocene	Paskapoo Formation	Canada ( Alberta)	A member of Osteoglossiformes. The type species is L. colwellae.

Macroynis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Beckett et al.	Eocene	London Clay Formation	United Kingdom	A relative of snake mackerels and cutlassfishes. Genus includes new species M. casieri.

Motlayoichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Arratia, González-Rodríguez & Hernández-Guerrero	Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)	El Doctor Formation	Mexico	A member of Crossognathiformes belonging to the family Pachyrhizodontidae. The type species is M. sergioi.

Nardoglossus	Gen. et sp. nov.	Valid	Taverne & Capasso	Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)	Limestones of Altamura	Italy	A member of Gonorynchiformes belonging to the group Gonorynchoidei. The type species is N. sanctibernardini.

Nipponocypris takayamai	Sp. nov	Valid	Miyata, Yabumoto & Hirano	Middle Pleistocene	Nogami Formation	Japan	A species of Nipponocypris.

Palealbula declivis	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Early Cretaceous (Valanginian)	Germany	A member of Albuliformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement.

Palealbula depressidorsalis	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	United Kingdom	A member of Albuliformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement.

Paleoschizothorax	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Yang et al.	Oligocene	Qaidam Basin	China	A member of the family Cyprinidae related to members of the genus Schizothorax. Genus includes new species P. qaidamensis.

Paleoserranus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Cantalice, Alvarado-Ortega & Alaniz-Galvan	Paleocene	Mexico	A member of the family Serranidae. Genus includes new species P. lakamhae.

Parahaplolepis poppaea	Sp. nov	Valid	Elliott	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)	Lower Coal Measures Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Actinopteri belonging to the family Haplolepidae.

Peltopleurus tyrannos	Sp. nov	Valid	Xu, Ma & Zhao	Middle Triassic (Ladinian)	Falang Formation	China

Pickeringius	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Choo et al.	Late Devonian	Gogo Formation	Australia	An early ray-finned fish. Genus includes new species P. acanthophorus.

Piranhamesodon	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Kölbl-Ebert et al.	Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian to early Tithonian)	Germany	A member of Pycnodontiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is P. pinnatomus.

Pontosciaena	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale	Neogene	Crimean Peninsula Azerbaijan? Romania?	A member of the family Sciaenidae. The type species is "Serranus" acuterostratus Rückert-Ülkümen (1996); genus might also include "Otolithus (Percidarum)" sigmoilinoides Pobedina (1956).

Protalbula websteri	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	United Kingdom	A member of Albuliformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement.

Protarpon boualii	Sp. nov	Valid	Khalloufi et al.	Paleocene (Danian)	Oulad Abdoun basin	Morocco	A relative of tarpons.

Protoelops	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Bathonian to Aptian)	Spain United Kingdom	A member of the family Elopidae. The type species is "Otolithus (Leptolepidarum)" cuneiformis Frost (1924); genus also includes "Leptolepis" tenuirostris Stinton (1968) and "genus Protacanthopterygiorum" scalpellum Nolf (2004).

Protosciaena kirbyorum	Sp. nov	Valid	Stringer & Bell	Early Pliocene	United States ( Georgia (U.S. state))	A member of the family Sciaenidae.

Pseudogonatodus aurulentum	Sp. nov	Valid	Elliott	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)	Lower Coal Measures Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Actinopteri belonging to the family Gonatodidae.

Pseudohaplolepis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Elliott	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)	Lower Coal Measures Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Actinopteri of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is P. argentatum.

Pseudotrichiurus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans, Huddleston & Takeuchi	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Eutaw Formation	United States ( Alabama)	A member of Aulopiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is P. sagax.

Quasimodichthys	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Paiva & Gallo	Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)	Pastos Bons Formation	Brazil	A member of Semionotiformes. The type species is "Lepidotus" piauhyensis Roxo & Löfgren (1936)

Rhadinichthys glabrolepis	Sp. nov	Valid	Elliott	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)	Lower Coal Measures Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Actinopteri belonging to the family Rhadinichthyidae.

Rhadinichthys? ornatocephalum	Sp. nov	Valid	Elliott	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)	Lower Coal Measures Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Actinopteri belonging to the family Rhadinichthyidae.

Rhadinichthys? plumosum	Sp. nov	Valid	Elliott	Carboniferous (Bashkirian)	Lower Coal Measures Formation	United Kingdom	A member of Actinopteri belonging to the family Rhadinichthyidae.

Sanjuanableps	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bogan et al.	Late Miocene	Argentina	A member of the family Anablepidae. Genus includes new species S. calingasta.

Saurichthys spinosa	Sp. nov	Valid	Wu, Sun & Fang	Middle Triassic (Anisian)	Guanling Formation	China

Sciades latissimum	Sp. nov	Valid	Aguilera & Marceniuk	Late Miocene	Urumaco Formation	Venezuela	A species of Sciades.

Sciades peregrinus	Sp. nov	Valid	Aguilera & Marceniuk	Late Miocene	Urumaco Formation	Venezuela	A species of Sciades.

Scopulipiscis	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Latimer & Giles	Late Triassic	Kössen Formation	Switzerland	A relative of Dapedium. Genus includes new species S. saxciput.

Sigmapycnodus	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Taverne & Capasso	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Lebanon	A member of the family Pycnodontidae. The type species is S. giganteus.

Sphaeronchus rundlei	Sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Kimmeridge Clay	United Kingdom	A member of Leptolepidiformes sensu lato of uncertain phylogenetic placement.

Vinctifer ferrusquiai	Sp. nov	Valid	Cantalice, Alvarado-Ortega & Brito	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Sabinal Formation	Mexico	A member of Aspidorhynchiformes belonging to the family Aspidorhynchidae.

Vox thlotlo	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans, Huddleston & Takeuchi	Late Cretaceous (Santonian)	Eutaw Formation	United States ( Alabama)	A teleost of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is V. thlotlo.

Wettonius	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Carnevale & Bannikov	Eocene	Monte Bolca	Italy	A member of the family Veliferidae. Genus includes new species W. angeloi.

Xenoleptolepis	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Schwarzhans	Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Sinemurian to Berriasian)	Germany United Kingdom	A member of the family Leptolepididae sensu lato. The type species is Otolithus (incertae sedis) withersi Frost (1926); genus also includes Otolithus (Salmonoidei) oncorhynchoides Weiler (1954).

Yuskaichthys	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Bogan, Agnolin & Scanferla	Eocene	Maíz Gordo Formation	Argentina	A member of the family Andinichthyidae. The type species is Y. eocenicus.

Zaprora koreana	Sp. nov	Valid	Nam & Nazarkin	Neogene	South Korea	A relative of the prowfish.

Zurupleuropholis	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Giordano et al.	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Lagarcito Formation	Argentina	A relative of Pleuropholis. Genus includes new species Z. quijadensis and Z. decollavi.

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Ray-finned fishes are on the phylogenetic relationships of the fossil snake mackerels and cutlassfishes from the Eocene London Clay Formation (United Kingdom) is published by Beckett et al. (2018).

final_sentence: Ray-finned fishes are on the phylogenetic relationships of the fossil snake mackerels and cutlassfishes from the Eocene London Clay Formation (United Kingdom) is published by Beckett et al. (2018).