# 2017 in paleoichthyology

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This list of fossil fishes described in 2017 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes and other fishes of every kind that are scheduled to be described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of fishes that are scheduled to occur in the year 2017. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.

## Research

* A study on the marine fish extinction rates during background and mass extinctions from the Permian through Early Jurassic, compared with extinction trajectories of marine invertebrates, is published by Vázquez & Clapham (2017).
* A study on the ecological diversity and lifestyles of thelodonts as indicated by their squamation patterns is published by Ferrón & Botella (2017).
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of jawless fish assigned to Cyathaspididae and Pteraspidiformes is published by Randle & Sansom (2017).
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of members of the group Pteraspidiformes is published by Randle & Sansom (2017).
* New material of Cornovichthys blaauweni and Achanarella trewini is described from the Devonian of Scotland by van der Brugghen (2017), who considers both species to represent the same euphaneropid taxon, which he considers to be a member of the genus Euphanerops belonging or related to the species Euphanerops longaevus.
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of early jawed vertebrates, indicating that placoderms are a monophyletic group, is published by King et al. (2017).
* A study on the morphology of the gill arches of the type specimen of Paraplesiobatis heinrichsi is published by Brazeau et al. (2017).
* Description of the anatomy of a three-dimensionally preserved skull of the placoderm Romundina stellina is published by Dupret et al. (2017).
* A study on the putative dental plate of Romundina stellina described by Rücklin & Donoghue (2015) is published by Smith et al. (2017), who reject the interpretation of the specimen as a dental plate.
* A redescription of Bothriolepis jeremejevi Rohon (1900) from the Devonian (Famennian) Sosnogorsk Formation (Komi Republic, Russia) is published by Lukševičs, Beznosov & Stūris (2017), who rerank this taxon as a subspecies of Bothriolepis leptocheira.
* A study on the plates of armour of arthrodire placoderms from the Devonian (Emsian) of Morocco, evaluating whether their differences can be considered distinctive between species, is published by Antczak & Berkowski (2017).
* A description of a nearly complete specimen of Titanichthys from the Devonian Cleveland Shale and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the taxon is published by Boyle & Ryan (2017).
* Redescription of the Devonian arthrodire species Szelepis yunnanensis, a revision of the fossil material attributed to members of this species and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species is published by Dupret, Zhu & Wang (2017).
* A study on the placoderm jaw morphology and function based on data from a buchanosteid specimen from the Early Devonian limestones (~400 Ma) at Burrinjuck, near Canberra (Australia), is published by Hu, Lu & Young (2017).
* A study on the relationship between the locomotory patterns and the morphological variability of the tail fins in extant sharks, and its implications for the possible morphology of the tail fin of Dunkleosteus terrelli is published by Ferrón, Martínez-Pérez & Botella (2017).
* A study on the sequence of ossification of skeletal elements in the growth series of the acanthodian Acanthodes lopatini from the lower Tournaisian of Siberia (Russia) is published by Beznosov (2017).
* A study on the anatomy of the jaws of the Devonian ischnacanthiform acanthodian species Euryacanthus rugosus and Tricuspicanthus gannitus, as well as its implications for jaw and tooth occlusion in these taxa, is published by Blais (2017).
* A study on the morphological and histological changes of scales during ontogeny in the acanthodian Triazeugacanthus affinis is published by Chevrinais, Sire & Cloutier (2017).
* Chevrinais, Sire & Cloutier (2017) describe the ontogeny of Triazeugacanthus affinis and compare it to the ontogeny of other "acanthodians", cartilaginous fishes and bony fishes.
* A study on the anatomy of the pectoral region of the skeleton of Doliodus problematicus is published by Maisey et al. (2017).
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the Devonian (Emsian) species "Ctenacanthus" latispinosus is published by Burrow et al. (2017), who transfer this species to the genus Doliodus.
* A study on the diversity and relative abundance of fish from the Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) Milk River Formation (Alberta, Canada) is published by Brinkman, Neuman & Divay (2017).
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of Palaeospondylus gunni is published by Johanson et al. (2017), who interpret the species as a stem-cartilaginous fish.
* Partial braincases of two gigantic ctenacanthiform sharks, estimated to attain lengths up to 7 m and body weights of 1500–2500 kg, are described from the Carboniferous (Upper Pennsylvanian) Finis Shale (Texas, United States) by Maisey et al. (2017).
* A study on the anatomy of the braincase of a Permian cartilaginous fish Dwykaselachus oosthuizeni is published by Coates et al. (2017).
* Partial skeleton of a non-marine elasmobranch of uncertain phylogenetic placement is described from the Late Jurassic Talbragar Fossil Fish Bed (Australia) by Turner & Avery (2017).
* A hybodontiform tooth and a euselachian dermal denticle are described from the Permian (Wuchiapingian) of Hydra Island (Greece) by Argyriou et al. (2017).
* A reappraisal of the type and newly discovered fossil material of the hybodontoid Reticulodus synergus from Upper Triassic strata in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico (United States) and a study on the heterodonty in this species is published by Voris & Heckert (2017).
* A study on the impact of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event on the ecological diversity of the mackerel sharks is published by Belben et al. (2017).
* A study on the environment in the area corresponding to the present-day Amazon basin in the Miocene as indicated by data from the shark and ray fossils from the Pirabas Formation (Brazil) is published by Aguilera et al. (2017).
* Evidence for the existence of regional endothermy in otodontid and cretoxyrhinid sharks is presented by Ferrón (2017).
* Bite marks on fossil marine mammal bones from the Miocene Pisco Formation (Peru), attributed to Carcharocles megalodon, are described by Collareta et al. (2017).
* Shark assemblage consisting mainly of the teeth of small (probably juvenile) specimens of the copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), interpreted as a secondary nursery area for copper sharks, is described from the Miocene Pisco Formation (Peru) by Landini et al. (2017).
* A study on the methods which can be used to support taxonomic identifications of fossil sharks known from isolated teeth is published by Marramà & Kriwet (2017), who consider fossil sand tiger shark genus Brachycarcharias to be distinct from the genus Lamna.
* A study on the morphology of the cushion-shaped tooth-bearing plates from the Silurian of Estonia attributed to Lophosteus superbus, as well as on tooth addition, shedding and replacement in this taxon, is published by Chen et al. (2017).
* Redescription of the Permian ray-finned fish Elonichthys fritschi is published by Schindler (2017), who presents the first reconstruction of the skull of this species.
* Fish belonging to the extinct group Scanilepiformes are interpreted as stem-polypterids by Giles et al. (2017).
* A study aiming to establish whether body size was linked to extinction or survival of non-teleostean actinopterygians during the Permian–Triassic extinction event is published by Puttick et al. (2017).
* Description of fish fossils from the Cretaceous (Santonian) Iharkút vertebrate site (Bakony Mountains, Hungary) is published by Szabó & Ősi (2017).
* A redescription of Kyphosichthys grandei and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species is published by Sun & Ni (2017), who name the new family Kyphosichthyidae.
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the Late Cretaceous species Sorbinicharax verraesi is published by Mayrinck et al. (2017).
* Taverne & Liston (2017) transfer the species Neopachycormus birmanicus from the Cretaceous of Myanmar, originally thought to be a member of the family Pachycormidae, to the family Plethodidae and to the genus Dixonanogmius.
* A study on the osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Signeuxella preumonti from the Middle Jurassic Stanleyville Formation (Democratic Republic of the Congo) is published by Taverne (2017).
* The leptolepid fauna from the Early Jurassic Lagerstätten of Grimmen and Dobbertin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) is described by Konwert & Stumpf (2017).
* A redescription of the Early Cretaceous ellimmichthyiform Scutatuspinosus itapagipensis and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species is published by de Figueiredo & Ribeiro (2017).
* Redescription and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the clupeomorph species Gasteroclupea branisai from the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene of El Molino Formation (Bolivia) is published by Marramà & Carnevale (2017).
* A redescription of "Chanos" leopoldi from the Cretaceous (Albian) Limestones of Pietraroja (Italy) and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species is published by Taverne & Capasso (2017), who reinstate the distinct genus Caeus for this species.
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of living and fossil members of the family Ictaluridae, and on time of origin of the clade, is published by Arce-H., Lundberg & O'Leary (2017), who present the first combined data analysis of morphological and genetic data for Ictaluridae that also includes fossil species.
* Cyprinid fossils are described from the Miocene (Serravallian) Shang Youshashan Formation (Qaidam Basin, China) by Song et al. (2017).
* A redescription of the Eocene barracudina Holosteus esocinus and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species is published by Marramà & Carnevale (2017).
* A redescription of the holotype specimen of Bajaichthys elegans and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species is published by Davesne, Carnevale & Friedman (2017).
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the fossil fundulid species Fundulus detillae, Fundulus lariversi and Fundulus nevadensis is published by Ghedotti & Davis (2017).
* A study on the phylogeny and evolutionary history of the Tetraodontiformes is published by Arcila & Tyler (2017), who detect a major extinction of members of the group during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum.
* A study on the morphological changes that occurred during ontogeny of the fossil weever species Trachinus minutus is published by Přikryl (2017).
* Cichlid fossils are described from the Miocene and Pleistocene of Costa Rica by Lucas et al. (2017), representing the first known fossil record of cichlids in Central America.
* Redescription of the Eocene priacanthid species Pristigenys substriata is published by Carnevale et al. (2017).
* Isolated barracuda teeth are described from the Miocene of Madagascar by Gottfried et al. (2017).
* A study on the structure and homology of the lung plates of extant and fossil coelacanths is published by Cupello et al. (2017).
* The first direct evidence for feeding on conodonts by Late Devonian coelacanths (a single conodont element from the gut content of a possible specimen of Diplocercides, as well as several conodont elements detected within a coprolite) is reported from the Famennian deposits in Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Poland) by Zatoń et al. (2017).
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships, rates of origination and extinction, and trends in body size changes of the post-Devonian fossil lungfish is published by Kemp, Cavin & Guinot (2017).
* A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the Early Cretaceous lungfish known from the tooth plates recovered from the Ain el Guettar Formation (Tunisia) is published by Cau (2017).
* A redescription of the Devonian lungfish Pentlandia macroptera is published by Challands and den Blaauwen (2017).
* A study on the evolution of eye size in early tetrapods and in fish belonging to the lineage that gave rise to tetrapods, as well as on the impact of the eye size on the eye performance while viewing objects through water and through air is published by MacIver et al. (2017).
* A study on the evolution of forelimb musculature from the lobe-finned fish to early tetrapods is published online by Molnar et al. (2017).
* A history of the first articulated fossil fishes discovered in the United States (Early Jurassic, Newark Supergroup) is published by Brignon (2017).

## New taxa
### Jawless vertebrates

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Psammosteus ramosus | Sp. nov | Valid | Glinskiy in Glinskiy & Nilov | Devonian (Frasnian) | Andoma Formation | Latvia  Russia ( Leningrad Oblast  Vologda Oblast) | A member of Psammosteida. | |

### Placoderms

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Africanaspis edmountaini | Sp. nov | Valid | Gess & Trinajstic | Devonian (late Famennian) | Witpoort Formation | South Africa | A member of Arthrodira belonging to the family Groenlandaspididae. |
| Herasmius dayi | Sp. nov | Valid | Schultze & Cumbaa | Devonian (Emsian) | Bear Rock Formation | Canada ( Northwest Territories) | A member of Arthrodira belonging to the family Heterosteidae. |
| Houershanaspis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lu, Tan & Wang | Early Devonian | Danlin Formation | China | Possibly a relative of Bothriolepis. The type species is H. zhangi. |
| Sudaspis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vaškaninová & Ahlberg | Devonian (Lochkovian) | Lochkov Formation | Czech Republic | A member of Acanthothoraci belonging to the family Palaeacanthaspidae. The type species is S. chlupaci. |
| Tlamaspis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vaškaninová & Ahlberg | Devonian (Lochkovian) | Lochkov Formation | Czech Republic | A member of Acanthothoraci belonging to the family Palaeacanthaspidae. The type species is T. inopinatus. |

### Cartilaginous fishes

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Abdounia mesetae | Sp. nov | Valid | Engelbrecht et al. | Eocene (Ypresian) | La Meseta Formation | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A requiem shark. |
| Abdounia richteri | Sp. nov | Valid | Engelbrecht et al. | Eocene (Ypresian) | La Meseta Formation | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A requiem shark. |
| Artiodus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ivanov & Duffin in Ivanov, Duffin & Naugolnykh | Permian (Artinskian) | Divya Formation | Russia ( Sverdlovsk Oblast) | A member of Euselachii of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is A. prominens. |
| Asteracanthus udulfensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Leuzinger et al. | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Reuchenette Formation | Switzerland | A member of the family Hybodontidae. |
| Bythiacanthus lopesi | Sp. nov | Valid | Figueroa & Gallo | Permian (Cisuralian) | Pedra de Fogo Formation | Brazil | |
| Cypripediodens | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Duffin & Ward | Carboniferous (Brigantian) | Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup (Eyam Limestone Formation) | United Kingdom | A janassid petalodont. Genus includes new species C. cristatus. |
| Echinorhinus maremagnum | Sp. nov | Valid | Bogan et al. | Late Cretaceous | Calafate Formation | Argentina  Chile | A species of Echinorhinus. |
| Edaphodon renardi | Sp. nov | Valid | Canevet in Canevet & Lebrun | Miocene | | France | |
| Eodalatias | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engelbrecht et al. | Eocene | La Meseta Formation | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A member of the family Dalatiidae. Genus includes new species E. austrinalis. |
| Kallodentis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engelbrecht et al. | Eocene (Ypresian and Lutetian) | La Meseta Formation | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A houndshark. The type species is K. rhytistemma. |
| Kungurodus | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Ivanov | Early Permian | | Kazakhstan  Russia | A member of Symmoriiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Cobelodus" obliquus Ivanov (2005). |
| Meridiogaleus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engelbrecht et al. | Eocene (Ypresian and Lutetian) | La Meseta Formation | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A houndshark. The type species is M. cristatus. |
| Oblidens | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Duffin & Milàn | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) | Hasle Formation | Denmark | A chimaera belonging to the group Myriacanthoidei and the family Myriacanthidae. The type species is O. bornholmensis. |
| Potamotrygon canaanorum | Sp. nov | Valid | Chabain et al. | Late Oligocene-late Miocene | Pebas Formation | Peru | A species of Potamotrygon. |
| Potamotrygon contamanensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Chabain et al. | Late Oligocene-late Miocene | Pebas Formation | Peru | A species of Potamotrygon. |
| Potamotrygon rajachloeae | Sp. nov | Valid | Chabain et al. | Late Oligocene-late Miocene | Pebas Formation | Peru | A species of Potamotrygon. |
| Pseudoapristurus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pollerspöck & Straube | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Neuhofener Beds | Germany | A catshark. The type species is P. nonstriatus. |
| Ptychotrygon clementsi | Sp. nov | Valid | Case et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | Peedee Formation | United States ( North Carolina) | |
| Rubencanthus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Figueroa & Gallo | Permian (Cisuralian) | Pedra de Fogo Formation | Brazil | A member of Euselachii, possibly a member of the family Sphenacanthidae. Genus includes new species R. diplotuberculatus. |
| Sphenacanthus ignis | Sp. nov | Valid | Figueroa & Gallo | Permian (Cisuralian) | Pedra de Fogo Formation | Brazil | |
| Sulcidens | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Underwood, Kolmann & Ward | Paleocene to early Eocene | | Angola  Morocco | A member of Myliobatiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Myliobatis" sulcidens Darteville & Casier (1943). |
| Titanonarke megapterygia | Sp. nov | Valid | Marramà et al. | Eocene (Ypresian) | Monte Bolca | Italy | A numbfish. |
| Triodus richterae | Sp. nov | Valid | Pauliv et al. | Permian (probably Capitanian) | Rio do Rasto Formation | Brazil | |

### Bony fishes

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Aotearichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | New Zealand | A relative of the extant viviparous brotula genus Dinematichthys. The type species is A. vestalis. |
| Aphia macrophthalma | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | | Serbia | A goby related to the transparent goby. |
| Aulopus costeiensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene | | Romania | A species of Aulopus. |
| Avitoplectus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bemis et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | India | A member of Tetraodontiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species A. molaris. |
| Babelichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Davesne | Middle to late Eocene | Pabdeh Formation | Iran | A crestfish. The type species is B. olneyi. |
| Bathypterois solidus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene | | Romania | A species of Bathypterois. |
| Benthophilus? ovisulcus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | | Romania | A goby, possibly a tadpole goby. |
| Benthophilus styriacus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | | Austria  Romania | A tadpole goby. |
| Birgeria americana | Sp. nov | Valid | Romano et al. | Early Triassic | Thaynes Group | United States ( Nevada) | |
| Calaichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gouiric-Cavalli et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Cerro de Las Cabras Formation | Argentina | A ray-finned fish belonging to the group Redfieldiiformes. The type species is C. tehul. |
| Callanthias transylvanicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene | | Romania | A species of Callanthias. |
| Candelarhynchus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vernygora et al. | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | | Colombia | A relative of Dercetis. Genus includes new species C. padillai. |
| Centroberyx worthyi | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation Waihoaka Formation | New Zealand | A species of Centroberyx. |
| Ceratodus kempae | Sp. nov | Valid | Frederickson & Cifelli | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | Cedar Mountain Formation | United States ( Utah) | A lungfish. |
| Ceratodus kirklandi | Sp. nov | Valid | Frederickson & Cifelli | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | Cedar Mountain Formation | United States ( Utah) | A lungfish. |
| Ceratodus molossus | Sp. nov | Valid | Frederickson & Cifelli | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Cedar Mountain Formation Naturita Formation | United States ( Utah) | A lungfish. |
| Ceratodus nirumbee | Sp. nov | Valid | Frederickson & Cifelli | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Cloverly Formation | United States ( Montana) | A lungfish. |
| Chilomycterus exspectatus | Sp. nov | | Aguilera, Carrillo-Briceño & Rodriguez in Aguilera et al. | Late Miocene | Gatun Formation | Panama | A species of Chilomycterus. |
| Chilomycterus tyleri | Sp. nov | | Aguilera, Carrillo-Briceño & Rodriguez in Aguilera et al. | Late Miocene | Gatun Formation | Panama | A species of Chilomycterus. |
| Cornusolea | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | Kishima Formation | Japan | A member of Soleidae. The type species is C. fudoujii. |
| Coryphaenoides biobtusus | Sp. nov | Valid | Lin et al. | Miocene (Tortonian) | | Italy | A species of Coryphaenoides. |
| Ctenosciaena angusticaudata | Sp. nov | Valid | Núñez-Flores et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Castillo Formation | Venezuela | A member of Sciaenidae. |
| Cyclothone gaudanti | Sp. nov | Valid | Přikryl & Carnevale | Miocene (late Tortonian) | Makrilia Formation | Greece | A bristlemouth, a species of Cyclothone. |
| Cynoclupea | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Malabarba & Di Dario | Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) | Morro do Chaves Formation | Brazil | A member of Clupeiformes related to wolf herrings and anchovies. Genus includes new species C. nelsoni. |
| Damergouia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vullo et al. | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | | Niger | A member of Pycnodontiformes related to Polygyrodus. The type species is D. lamberti. |
| Diodon serratus | Sp. nov | | Aguilera, Carrillo-Briceño & Rodriguez in Aguilera et al. | Middle Miocene | Socorro Formation | Venezuela | A species of Diodon. |
| Economidichthys altidorsalis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | | Austria  Romania | A goby, a species of Economidichthys. |
| Enchodus tineidae | Sp. nov | Valid | Holloway et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | Duwi Formation | Egypt | |
| Enophrys hoplites | Sp. nov | Valid | Nazarkin | Miocene (Serravallian‒Tortonian) | Agnevo Formation | Russia ( Sakhalin Oblast) | A species of Enophrys. |
| Eoanabas | Sp. nov | | Wu et al. | Oligocene (Chattian) | Dingqing Formation | China | A climbing gourami. The type species is E. thibetana. |
| Eoserrasalmimus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vullo et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | Eastern Ouled Abdoun Basin | Morocco | A member of Pycnodontiformes related to Polygyrodus. The type species is E. cattoi. |
| Esox nogaicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Kovalchuk, Wilson & Grande | Early Pleistocene | | Ukraine | A species of Esox. |
| Eurypleuron debilis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | New Zealand | A species of Eurypleuron. |
| Foreyia | Gen. et sp. nov | | Cavin et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Prosanto Formation | Switzerland | A coelacanth belonging to the family Latimeriidae. The type species is F. maxkuhni. |
| Gobius jarosi | Sp. nov | Valid | Přikryl & Reichenbacher in Reichenbacher et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | | Czech Republic  Poland | A goby, a species of Gobius. |
| Gonostoma dracula | Sp. nov | Valid | Grădianu et al. | Oligocene | | Romania | A species of Gonostoma. |
| Grimmenodon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stumpf et al. | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | | Germany | A member of Pycnodontiformes. The type species is G. aureum. |
| Gymnogobius oligocenicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | Kishima Formation | Japan | A species of Gymnogobius. |
| Hesperichthys | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | | Austria  Bulgaria  Croatia  Serbia  Slovakia | A goby. The type species is H. reductus; genus also includes "Hyrcanogobius" hesperis Schwarzhans, Bradić & Rundić (2015). |
| Heteroconger? mataura | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | New Zealand | Possibly a species of Heteroconger. |
| Hippohaliichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Žalohar & Hitij | Middle Miocene | | Slovenia | A member of the family Syngnathidae related to Haliichthys taeniophorus. The type species is H. edis. |
| Hispanamia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martín-Abad & Poyato-Ariza | Early Cretaceous | | Spain | A member of Amiiformes. Genus includes new species H. newbreyi. |
| Hongyu | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhu et al. | Devonian | Zhongning Formation | China | A member of Tetrapodomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is H. chowi. |
| Isadia opokiensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Minikh & Andrushkevich | Late Permian | Poldarsa/Poldarskaya Formation | Russia ( Orenburg Oblast  Vologda Oblast) | A ray-finned fish belonging to the group Eurynotoidiformes. Originally described as a species of Isadia, but subsequently made the type species of the separate genus Vologdinia. |
| Italophiopsis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Limestones of Pietraroja | Italy | A member of Halecomorphi belonging to the group Ionoscopiformes. The type species is I. derasmoi. |
| Karaganops | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Baykina & Schwarzhans | Miocene | | Bulgaria  Russia ( Krasnodar Krai  Tambov Oblast) | A member of Clupeidae. The type species is "Sardinella" perrata Daniltshenko (1970); genus also includes Karaganops komochtitziensis (Strashimirov, 1985). |
| Kelemejtubus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cantalice & Alvarado-Ortega | Paleocene (Danian) | | Mexico | A member of Percomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species K. castroi. |
| Knipowitschia bulgarica | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | | Bulgaria | A goby, a species of Knipowitschia. |
| Krebsiella chattonensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | New Zealand | A member of the family Percophidae. |
| Lambeia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mickle | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | Albert Formation | Canada ( New Brunswick) | An early member of Actinopterygii. The type species is L. pectinatus. |
| Leptolepis toyei | Sp. nov | Valid | Flannery Sutherland et al. | Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) | Lower Weald Clay Formation | United Kingdom | |
| Leptolepis wealdensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Flannery Sutherland et al. | Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) | Lower Weald Clay Formation | United Kingdom | |
| Lesueurigobius magniiugis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene | | Romania | A species of Lesueurigobius. |
| Lesueurigobius stironensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Lin et al. | Miocene (Tortonian) | | Italy | A species of Lesueurigobius. |
| Lesueurina transoceana | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | New Zealand | A relative of the flathead pygmy-stargazer. |
| Liza brevirostris | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | Kishima Formation | Japan | A species of Liza. |
| Lombardichthys | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Arratia | Late Triassic (Norian) | | Italy | A new genus for "Pholidophorus" gervasuttii Zambelli (1980). |
| Lotella latidorsalis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | New Zealand | A species of Lotella. |
| Louckaichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Přikryl & Carnevale | Oligocene (Rupelian) | Menilitic Formation | Czech Republic | A member of the family Batrachoididae. The type species is L. novosadi. |
| Luxembourgichthys | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Taverne & Steurbaut | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | Grandcourt Formation | Belgium  Luxembourg | A new genus for "Pholidophorus" friedeni Delsate (1999). |
| "Merluccius" rattazzii | Sp. nov | Valid | Lin et al. | Miocene (Tortonian) | | Italy | A member of the family Merlucciidae. |
| Microdesmus paratethycus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene | | Bulgaria | A species of Microdesmus. |
| Micropercops pomahaka | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Pomahaka Formation | New Zealand | A species of Micropercops. |
| Moldavichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baykina & Schwarzhans | Miocene | | Moldova | A member of Alosinae. Genus includes new species M. switshenskae. Baykina & Schwarzhans (2017) also listed "Clupea" gomotartziensis Strashimirov (1985) as a possible species belonging to this genus, but subsequently this species was moved to the genus Maeotichthys. |
| Moringua waimumuensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | New Zealand | A species of Moringua. |
| Myripristis lobata | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene | | Romania | A species of Myripristis. |
| Namicauda | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | Kishima Formation | Japan | A member of the family Polymixiidae. The type species is N. pulvinata. |
| Nanningocyprinus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen, Cen & Liu | Oligocene | Yongning Formation | China | A member of Cyprinidae. The type species is N. wui. |
| Neobythites auriculatus | Sp. nov | Valid | Lin et al. | Miocene (Tortonian) | | Italy | A species of Neobythites. |
| Neobythites lindqvisti | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Waihoaka Formation | New Zealand | A species of Neobythites. |
| Neogobius bettinae | Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko, Kovalchuk & Schwarzhans | Miocene (Tortonian) | | Ukraine | A goby, a species of Neogobius. |
| Nhanulepisosteus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Brito, Alvarado-Ortega & Meunier | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Sabinal Formation | Mexico | A gar. The type species is N. mexicanus. |
| Nishiberyx | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | Kishima Formation | Japan | A member of Berycidae. The type species is N. nishimotoi. |
| Onychodus eriensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Mann et al. | Devonian (Eifelian–Givetian boundary) | Dundee Formation | Canada ( Ontario) | |
| Optivus moko | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | New Zealand | A species of Optivus. |
| Ortugobius | Gen. etp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | Kishima Formation | Japan | A member of Gobioidei, possibly a goby. The type species is O. cascus. |
| Pagellus schuberti | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene | | Romania | A species of Pagellus. |
| Paraclupea seilacheri | Sp. nov. | Valid | Alvarado-Ortega & Melgarejo-Damián | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Tlayúa Formation | Mexico | A member of Clupeomorpha belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes and the family Paraclupeidae. |
| Paralates chapelcorneri | Sp. nov | Valid | Gierl & Reichenbacher | Eocene (Priabonian) | Chapelcorner Fish Bed | United Kingdom | A member of Gobiiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. |
| Parasolea | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | | Serbia | A member of the family Soleidae; a new genus for "Rhombus" serbicus Anđelković (1966). |
| Pareques laraensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Núñez-Flores et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Castillo Formation | Venezuela | A member of Sciaenidae. |
| Pholidoctenus sanpellegrinensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Arratia | Triassic | | Italy | |
| Pontinus? karasawai | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | Kishima Formation | Japan | A scorpionfish, possibly a species of Pontinus. |
| Proneogobius | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | | Croatia | A goby; a new genus for "Gobius" pullus Kramberger (1882). |
| Protobenthophilus | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | | Austria  Bulgaria  Croatia  Romania | A goby. The type species is P. squamatus; genus also includes P. strashimirovi. |
| Pshekhagnathus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bannikov, Carnevale & Popov | Oligocene (Rupelian) | | Russia ( Krasnodar Krai) | A member of the family Syngnathidae. The type species is P. polypterus. |
| Ptyctolepis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lu et al. | Devonian (Pragian) | Posongchong Formation | China | A stem-sarcopterygian. The type species is P. brachynotus. |
| Qarmoutus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | El-Sayed et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | Birket Qarun Formation | Egypt | A member of Ariidae. The type species is Q. hitanensis. |
| Rhynchoconger placidus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | Kishima Formation | Japan | A species of Rhynchoconger. |
| Rhynchoconger subtilis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | Kishima Formation | Japan | A species of Rhynchoconger. |
| Sachajenynsia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sferco et al. | Miocene | | Argentina | A member of Anablepidae. Genus includes new species S. pacha. |
| Sagaberyx | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | Kishima Formation | Japan | A member of Beryciformes belonging to the suborder Berycoidei. The type species is S. kishimaensis. |
| Sardinops robinsoni | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | New Zealand | A relative of the South American pilchard. |
| Saurida macilenta | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | Kishima Formation | Japan | A species of Saurida. |
| Saurorhynchus anningae | Sp. nov | Valid | Maxwell & Stumpf | Early Jurassic | Charmouth Mudstone | United Kingdom | |
| Saurorhynchus hauffi | Sp. nov | Valid | Maxwell & Stumpf | Early Jurassic | Posidonia Shale | Germany  United Kingdom | |
| Scalacurvichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cawley & Kriwet | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Amminadav Formation or Bet-Meir Formation | Palestine | A member of Pycnodontidae. The type species is S. naishi. |
| Scleropages sinensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Wilson | Early Eocene | Yangxi Formation | China | A species of Scleropages. |
| Serrasalmimus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vullo et al. | Paleocene (early Thanetian) | Eastern Ouled Abdoun Basin | Morocco | A member of Pycnodontiformes related to Polygyrodus. The type species is S. secans. |
| Sparalepis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Choo et al. | Silurian (late Ludlow) | Kuanti Formation | China | An early bony fish, probably a stem-sarcopterygian. The type species is S. tingi. |
| Subortichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ma & Xu | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Guanling Formation | China | A member of Halecomorphi belonging to the group Ionoscopiformes. The type species is S. triassicus. |
| Teffichthys | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Marramà et al. | Early Triassic | Ankitokazo Basin | Angola  Greenland  Madagascar  Norway | A non-perleidiform member of Actinopterygii. A new genus for "Perleidus" madagascariensis Piveteau (1934); genus also includes "Perleidus" woodwardi, "Perleidus" stoschiensis, "Perleidus" lutoensis and "Perleidus" lehmani. |
| Tonganago | Gen. et et comb. sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Eocene to Miocene | Chatton Formation | New Zealand | A member of the family Congridae. The type species is "Scalanago" fastigatus Schwarzhans (1980); genus also includes "Mystriophis" obliquum Stinton (1957), Tonganago sagittisulcatus (Schwarzhans, 1980) and a new species T. coplandi. |
| Trachyrincus tewaewae | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Waihoaka Formation | New Zealand | A species of Trachyrincus. |
| Tucmanableps | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sferco et al. | Miocene | | Argentina | A member of Anablepidae. Genus includes new species T. cionei. |
| Tugenchromis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Altner et al. | Late Miocene | Ngorora Formation | Kenya | A cichlid belonging to the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae. Genus includes new species T. pickfordi. |
| Weilerigobius | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene | | Romania | Genus includes new species W. lapugiensis. |
| Xenoceratodus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Longrich | Late Eocene | | Libya | A stem-lepidosireniform lungfish. The type species is X. labyrinthus. |
| Zhongweilepis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tan | Carboniferous (late Namurian) | Tupo Formation | China | A member of Palaeonisciformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Z. macilentus. |
| Zorzinilabrus | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Bannikov & Bellwood | Eocene (late Ypresian) | Monte Bolca locality | Italy | A wrasse. The type species is Z. furcatus. |