# 2013 in paleoichthyology

This list of fossil fishes described in 2013 is a list of new taxa of placoderms, fossil cartilaginous fishes and bony fishess of every kind that have been described during the year 2013. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.

## Newly named jawless vertebrates

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Amaltheolepis austfjordia | Sp. nov | Valid | Žigaitė et al. | Devonian | | Norway | A talivaliid thelodont, a species of Amaltheolepis. |
| Amaltheolepis montiwatsonia | Sp. nov | Valid | Žigaitė et al. | Devonian | | Norway | A talivaliid thelodont, a species of Amaltheolepis. |
| Amaltheolepis winsnesi | Sp. nov | Valid | Žigaitė et al. | Devonian | | Norway | A talivaliid thelodont, a species of Amaltheolepis. |
| Capitaspis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Elliott | Late Silurian (Pridolian) | Somerset Island Formation | Canada | A cyathaspidid heterostracan. The type species is Capitaspis giblingi. |
| Machairaspis serrata | Sp. nov | Valid | Scott & Wilson | Early Devonian (Lochkovian) | Delorme Formation | Canada | A member of Osteostraci, a species of Machairaspis. |
| Nucleaspis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Afanassieva & Karatajūtė-Talimaa | Early Devonian | Severnaya Zemlya Formation | Russia | A member of Osteostraci. The type species is Nucleaspis unica. |
| Paraungulaspis | Nom. nov | Valid | Afanassieva & Karatajūtė-Talimaa | Early Devonian | | Russia | A member of Osteostraci; a replacement name for Ungulaspis Afanassieva & Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 1998 (preoccupied). |
| Reticulaspis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Afanassieva & Karatajūtė-Talimaa | Early Devonian | Severnaya Zemlya Formation | Russia | A member of Osteostraci. The type species is Reticulaspis menneri. |
| Ritchieichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sansom et al. | Late Ordovician (Katian) | Nibil Formation | Australia | A member of Arandaspida. The type species is Ritchieichthys nibili. |
| Talivalia svalbardia | Sp. nov | Valid | Žigaitė et al. | Devonian | | Norway | A talivaliid thelodont, a species of Talivalia. |
| Woodfjordia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Žigaitė et al. | Devonian | | Norway | A turiniid thelodont. The type species is Woodfjordia collisa. |

## Newly named acanthodians

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Machaeraporus | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Burrow et al. | Late Silurian | Stonehouse Formation | Canada | A new genus for "Cheiracanthoides" stonehousensis Legault (1968). | |

## Newly named placoderms

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Entelognathus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhu et al. | Silurian (late Ludlow) | Kuanti Formation | China | The type species is Entelognathus primordialis. |
| Eukaia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mark-Kurik | Devonian (?Pragin) | Turukhansk region, Northwest Siberian Platform | Russia | A fossil skull representing an Actinolepidoid incertae sedis. The type species is Eukaia elongata. |
| Phyllolepis thomsoni | Sp. nov | Valid | Long & Daeschler | Devonian (late Famennian) | Catskill Formation | United States | This is the third species of Phyllolepis known from complete or almost complete specimens (the other two being P. orvini and P. woodwardi, and is the second member of the genus known from North America (the other being the sympatric P. rossmontia. |

## Cartilaginous fishes
### Research

* Reassessment of the anatomy of Helicoprion and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this taxon is published by Tapanila et al. (2013).
* Fossils of cladodontomorph chondrichthyans (a falcatid, a ctenacanthiform and cladodontomorphs of uncertain phylogenetic placement) are described from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of France by Guinot et al. (2013); this is the most recent known record of cladodontomorphs, increasing the fossil record of this group by circa 120 million years.

### New taxa

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Adnetoscyllium | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian) | | France  United Kingdom | A hemiscylliid shark. The type species is Adnetoscyllium angloparisensis. |
| Anomotodon genaulti | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | | France | A mitsukurinid shark, a species of Anomotodon. |
| Bobbodus xerxesi | Sp nov | Valid | Hampe et al. | Late Permian | | Iran | A eugeneodontid eugeneodontiform, a species of Bobbodus. |
| Bransonella tribula | Sp nov | Valid | Elliott & Hodnett | Permian (early Guadalupian) | Kaibab Limestone | United States | A bransonelliform xenacanthimorph, a species of Bransonella. |
| Britobatos | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Claeson, Underwood & Ward | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Sahel Alma | Lebanon | A relative of platyrhinids; a new genus for "Raja" primarmata Woodward (1889). |
| Burnhamia crimensis | Sp nov | Valid | Udovichenko | Eocene (Lutetian-Priabonian) | | Kazakhstan  Russia  Ukraine | A member of Mobulidae, a species of Burnhamia . |
| Burnhamia nessovi | Sp nov | Valid | Udovichenko | Eocene (Ypresian) | | Kazakhstan | A member of Mobulidae, a species of Burnhamia . |
| Callorhinchus torresi | Sp nov | Valid | Otero et al. | Latest Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | López de Bertodano Formation | Antarctica | A chimaeriform, a species of Callorhinchus. |
| Cantioscyllium markaguntensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Kirkland, Eaton & Brinkman | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian to Santonian) | Straight Cliffs Formation | United States | A ginglymostomatid carpet shark, a species of Cantioscyllium. |
| Cederstroemia siverssoni | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian) | | France | A carpet shark of uncertain phylogenetic placement, a species of Cederstroemia. |
| Chiloscyllium frequens | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian) | | France  United Kingdom | A hemiscylliid shark, a species of Chiloscyllium. |
| Chiloscyllium vulloi | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian) | | France | A hemiscylliid shark, a species of Chiloscyllium. |
| Columbusia deblieuxi | Sp. nov | Valid | Kirkland, Eaton & Brinkman | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Kaiparowits Formation Wahweap Formation | United States | A sclerorhynchid, a member of Batoidea related to sawfishes; a species of Columbusia. |
| Cristomylus | Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Kirkland, Eaton & Brinkman | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian) | Cedar Mountain Formation Dakota Formation Straight Cliffs Formation Wahweap Formation | United States | A member of Rajiformes related to guitarfishes. The type species is Cristomylus nelsoni; genus also contains C. bulldogensis and C. cifellii. |
| Diablodontus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hodnett, Elliott & Olson | Permian (Roadian) | Kaibab Limestone | United States | A hybodontoid hybodontiform. The type species is Diablodontus michaeledmundi. |
| Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Kitamura | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Hinoshima Formation | Japan | A species of Echinorhinus. |
| Eoptolamna supracretacea | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian) | | France  United Kingdom | An eoptolamnid lamniform shark, a species of Eoptolamna. |
| Eosqualiolus skrovinai | Sp nov | Valid | Underwood & Schlögl | Miocene | Lakšárska Nová Ves Formation | Slovakia | A dalatiid, a species of Eosqualiolus. |
| Gissarodus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ivanov | Carboniferous (early Bashkirian) | Khodzhir-Bulak Formation | Uzbekistan | A member of Euselachii of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Gissarodus flabellatus. |
| Glikmanius culmenis | Sp nov | Valid | Koot et al. | Permian (Wordian) | Khuff Formation | Oman | A ctenacanthiform, a species of Glikmanius. |
| Heterodontus boussioni | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (early Campanian) | | France  United Kingdom | A bullhead shark. Originally described as a species of Heterodontus; subsequently transferred to the separate genus Protoheterodontus by Hovestadt (2018). |
| Heterodontus laevis | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Turonian) | | France  United Kingdom | A bullhead shark. |
| Hybodus bugarensis | Sp nov | Valid | Pla, Márquez-Aliaga & Botella | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | | Spain | A species of Hybodus. |
| Hypolophodon patagoniensis | Sp nov | Valid | Cione, Tejedor & Goin | Paleocene | Lefipán Formation | Argentina | A batomorph, a species of Hypolophodon. |
| Iago carlaluisai | Sp nov | Valid | Leder | Eocene | | Crimean Peninsula | A houndshark, a species of Iago. |
| Jaekelotodus bagualensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Otero et al. | Middle to late Eocene | Río Baguales Formation | Chile | A sand shark, a species of Jaekelotodus. |
| Keasius | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Welton | Late Eocene to middle Miocene | | France  Germany  United States | A relative of the basking shark. The type species is Keasius taylori; genus also contains "Cetorhinus" parvus Leriche (1910). |
| Khuffia | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Koot et al. | Permian (Wordian) | Khuff Formation | Oman | A sphenacanthid. Genus contains two species: Khuffia lenis and Khuffia prolixa. |
| Nanocetorhinus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Underwood & Schlögl | Miocene | Lakšárska Nová Ves Formation | Austria  Germany  Slovakia  Switzerland | A neoselachian of uncertain affinities. The type species is Nanocetorhinus tuberculatus. |
| Omanoselache | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Koot et al. | Permian (Wordian) | Khuff Formation | Oman | A hybodontiform. Genus contains two species: Omanoselache hendersoni and Omanoselache angiolinii. |
| Palaeotriakis | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian) | | Lebanon  United Kingdom | A houndshark, a new genus for Paratriakis subserratus Underwood & Ward (2008) and "Thyellina" curtirostris Davis (1887). Later studies still support classification of species subserratus to genus Paratriakis. |
| Paraetmopterus horvathi | Sp nov | Valid | Underwood & Schlögl | Miocene | Lakšárska Nová Ves Formation | Austria  Germany  Japan  Slovakia  Spain | Originally described as a lantern shark and a species of Paraetmopterus; subsequently reinterpreted as a sleeper shark and transferred to the separate genus Palaeocentroscymnus. |
| Pararhincodon ornatus | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian) | | France  United Kingdom | A parascylliid shark, a species of Pararhincodon. |
| Paratriakis robustus | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian) | | France  United Kingdom | A shark, possibly a houndshark; a species of Paratriakis. |
| Parvodus celsucuspus | Sp nov | Valid | Rees et al. | Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) | | France | A lonchidiid hybodont, a species of Parvodus. |
| Planohybodus marki | Sp nov | Valid | Pinheiro et al. | Early Cretaceous | Malhada Vermelha Formation Missão Velha Formation | Brazil | A hybodontid shark, a species of Planohybodus. |
| Platyrhizodon | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian) | | France  United Kingdom | A carcharhiniform shark of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Platyrhizodon gracilis; genus also contains additional new species Platyrhizodon barbei. |
| Potobatis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cappetta & Gayet | Paleocene (Danian) | El Molino Formation | Bolivia | A dasyatoid myliobatiform. The type species is Potobatis semperei. |
| Pristiophorus striatus | Species | Valid | Underwood & Schlögl | Miocene | Lakšárska Nová Ves Formation | Germany  Slovakia | A sawshark, a species of Pristiophorus |
| Prolatodon | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Pla, Márquez-Aliaga & Botella | Middle to Late Triassic | | Canada  China  Spain  United States | A non-neoselachian shark related to Homalodontus; a new genus for "Polyacrodus" bucheri Cuny, Rieppel & Sander (2001) and "Polyacrodus" contrarius Johns, Barnes & Orchard (1997). Koot et al. (2015) and Manzanares et al. (2018) considered Prolatodon to be a junior synonym of the genus Omanoselache. |
| Protosqualus barringtonensis | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | | United Kingdom | A squalid shark, a species of Protosqualus. |
| Pseudocorax duchaussoisi | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian) | | France | An anacoracid shark, a species of Pseudocorax. |
| Pseudomyledaphus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kirkland, Eaton & Brinkman | Late Cretaceous | Milk River Formation Straight Cliffs Formation | Canada  United States | A member of Rajiformes related to guitarfishes. The type species is Pseudomyledaphus madseni. |
| Reesodus | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Koot et al. | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) to Permian (Wordian) | | Oman  Russia  United Kingdom | A hybodontiform. The type species is Reesodus underwoodi; genus also contains "Lissodus" wirksworthensis Duffin (1985) and "Lissodus" pectinatus Lebedev (1996). |
| Scyliorhinotheca | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kiel, Peckmann & Simon | Late Eocene | | USA | Catshark egg capsules. The type species is Scyliorhinotheca goederti. |
| Scyliorhinus monsaugustus | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | | France | A catshark, a species of Scyliorhinus. |
| Scyliorhinus muelleri | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian) | | France | A catshark, a species of Scyliorhinus. |
| Sigmoscyllium | Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (Turonian to early Campanian) | | France  United Kingdom | A catshark. A new genus for "Palaeoscyllium" striatum Underwood & Ward (2008); genus also contains a new species Sigmoscyllium acuspidatum. |
| Squalicorax bernardezi | Sp nov | Valid | Guinot et al. | Late Cretaceous (middle Turonian) | | France | An anacoracid shark, a species of Squalicorax. |
| Teresodus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Koot et al. | Permian (Wordian) | Khuff Formation | Oman | A hybodontiform. The type species is Teresodus amplexus. |
| Texatrygon brycensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Kirkland, Eaton & Brinkman | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Wahweap Formation | United States | A member of Ptychotrygonidae, possibly a member of Batoidea related to sawfishes; a species of Texatrygon. |
| Tingitanius | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Claeson, Underwood & Ward | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | | Morocco | A platyrhinid. The type species is Tingitanius tenuimandibulus. |
| Tomewingia | Nom. nov | Valid | Case & Cappetta | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | | United States | A member of Rajiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a replacement name for Ewingia Case & Cappetta (1997) (preoccupied). |
| Triakis muelleri | Sp. nov | Valid | Leder | Eocene | | Crimean Peninsula | A houndshark, a species of Triakis. |
| Vectiselachos gosslingi | Sp nov | Valid | Batchelor | Early Cretaceous (Aptian, possibly also early Albian) | Hythe Formation | United Kingdom | A hybodont shark, a species of Vectiselachos. |

## Bony fishes
### Research

* A specimen of the aspidorhynchid Belonostomus tenuirostris with preserved fossilized content of its digestive tract is described by Kogan & Licht (2013).

### New taxa

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes |
| Amia godai | Sp. nov | Valid | Yabumoto & Grande | Early Miocene | Nakamura Formation | Japan | A relative of a bowfin. |
| Annaichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Arratia | Late Triassic (Norian) | | Italy | A relative of Pholidophorus. The type species is Annaichthys pontegiurinensis. |
| Apricenapiscis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | | Italy | A member of Crossognathiformes related to Pachyrhizodus. The type species is Apricenapiscis depotteri. |
| Axelrodichthys maiseyi | Sp. nov | Valid | Carvalho, Gallo & Santos | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Codó Formation | Brazil | A mawsoniid, a species of Axelrodichthys. |
| Bagre protocaribbeanus | Sp. nov | Valid | Aguilera et al. | Early Miocene | | Colombia  Venezuela | An ariid catfish, a species of Bagre. |
| Bathygadus mandorovensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Burdigalian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A grenadier, a species of Bathygadus. |
| Belemnocerca | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wendruff & Wilson | Early Triassic | Sulphur Mountain Formation | Canada | A laugiid, a relative of coelacanths. The type species is Belemnocerca prolata. |
| Belone countermani | Sp. nov | Valid | de Sant'Anna, Collette & Godfrey | Miocene (Tortonian) | St. Marys Formation | United States | A needlefish, a species of Belone. |
| Benthosema pluridens | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Miocene (late Tortonian) | Chagres Formation | Panama | A lanternfish, a species of Benthosema. |
| Boreiohydrias | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Murray & Cumbaa | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | | Canada | An acanthomorph, a relative of beardfishes. The type species is Boreiohydrias dayi. |
| Bregmaceros deklaszi | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Burdigalian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Angola  Gabon  Portugal | A codlet. |
| Bregmaceros hybridus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A codlet. |
| Caffrogobius tutus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A goby, a species of Caffrogobius. |
| Cantarius | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aguilera et al. | Early Miocene | | Colombia  Venezuela | An ariid catfish. The type species is Cantarius nolfi. |
| Carnevalella | Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Bannikov | Late Miocene to early Pliocene | | Abkhazia  Russia | A member of Sciaenidae. A new genus for "Sciaena" impropria Gabelaia (1976); genus might also contain a new species C. (?) tmutarakanica. |
| Cathorops goeldii | Sp. nov | Valid | Aguilera et al. | Early Miocene | Pirabas Formation | Brazil | An ariid catfish, a species of Cathorops. |
| Catostomus (Pantosteus) asitus | Sp. nov | Valid | Smith, Stewart & Carpenter | Pliocene | White Narrows Formation | United States ( Nevada) | A species of Catostomus. |
| Catostomus (Pantosteus) hyomyzon | Sp. nov | Valid | Smith, Stewart & Carpenter | Miocene | Drewsey Formation Ellensburg Formation Juntura Formation | United States ( Oregon Washington) | A species of Catostomus. |
| Catostomus (Pantosteus) oromyzon | Sp. nov | Valid | Smith, Stewart & Carpenter | Pliocene | | United States ( Idaho) | A species of Catostomus. |
| Cepola fritinnans | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A bandfish, a species of Cepola. |
| Ceratoscopelus priscus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Miocene (late Burdigalian to early Langhian) | Cantaure Formation | Venezuela | A lanternfish, a species of Ceratoscopelus. |
| Chaohuperleidus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sun et al. | Early Triassic (Olenekian) | Nanlinghu Formation | China | A relative of a Perleidus. The type species is Chaohuperleidus primus. |
| Chatrabus weileri | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Burdigalian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A member of Batrachoididae, a species of Chatrabus. |
| Cipactlichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Brito & Alvarado-Ortega | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Tlayua Formation | Mexico | A member of Holostei and Halecomorphi (a relative of the bowfin). The type species is Cipactlichthys scutatus. |
| Condorlepis | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | López-Arbarello, Sferco & Rauhut | Late Jurassic | Cañadón Calcáreo Formation | Argentina | A coccolepidid, a member of Chondrostei; a new genus for "Oligopleurus" groeberi Bordas (1943). Genus might also include Early Cretaceous species "Coccolepis" woodwardi Waldman (1971) from Australia. |
| Cretargentina | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | | Italy | A member of Argentiniformes belonging to the family Pattersonellidae. The type species is Cretargentina chapmani. |
| Ctenodus allodens | Sp. nov | Valid | Sharp & Clack | Carboniferous (Viséan) | Dunnet Shale | United Kingdom | |
| Dalgoichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | González-Rodríguez, Schultze & Arratia | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | El Doctor Formation | Mexico | An acanthomorph of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Dalgoichthys tropicalis. |
| Diaphus aequalis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Late Miocene to Pliocene (Piacenzian) | Bowden Formation Cubagua Formation Escudo de Veraguas Formation Mao Formation Shinzato Formation | Dominican Republic  Jamaica  Japan  Panama  Philippines  Venezuela | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diaphus apalus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Late Miocene to early Pliocene | Chagres Formation Gatun Formation Nancy Point Formation | Panama  Venezuela | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diaphus barrigonensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Miocene (late Tortonian) to Pliocene (Zanclean) | Chagres Formation Cubagua Formation | Panama  Venezuela | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diaphus capax | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Pliocene (Zanclean) | Cubagua Formation | Venezuela | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diaphus coatesi | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Pliocene | Escudo de Veraguas Formation | Panama | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diaphus depressifrons | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Late Miocene to middle Pliocene | Bowden Formation Cayo Agua Formation Cubagua Formation Nancy Point Formation Shark Hole Point Formation | Jamaica  Panama  Venezuela | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diaphus draconis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diaphus ecuadorensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Miocene (Messinian) | Onzole Formation | Ecuador | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diaphus gatunensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Late Miocene | Angostura Formation Gatun Formation | Ecuador  Panama | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diaphus multiserratus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Late Miocene | Nancy Point Formation | Panama | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diaphus paxtoni | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Pliocene | Bowden Formation Escudo de Veraguas Formation Shark Hole Point Formation | Jamaica  Panama | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diaphus rodriguezi | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Miocene (late Tortonian) | Chagres Formation | Panama | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. |
| Diogenichthys aguilerai | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (late Aquitanian to Burdigalian) | Quinfangondo Formation | Angola | A lanternfish, a species of Diogenichthys. |
| Diogenichthys hulleyi | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A lanternfish, a species of Diogenichthys. |
| Dorsetichthys | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Arratia | Early Jurassic | | United Kingdom | A new genus for "Pholidophorus" bechei Agassiz (1837). |
| Edenopteron | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Young et al. | Late Devonian (Famennian) | | Australia | A mandageriine tristichopterid tetrapodomorph. The type species is Edenopteron keithcrooki. |
| Foa obesa | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A cardinalfish, a species of Foa. |
| Gaidropsarus pilleri | Sp. nov | Valid | Carnevale & Harzhauser | Middle Miocene | | Austria | A species of Gaidropsarus. |
| Gasterosteus kamoensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Nazarkin, Yabumoto & Urabe | Late Miocene | Minamiimogawa Formation | Japan | A stickleback, a species of Gasterosteus. |
| Ghrisichthys | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Cavin, Forey & Giersch | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | | Morocco | An ichthyodectid, a new genus for "Ichthyodectes" bardacki. |
| Gladiopycnodus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) | | Lebanon | A pycnodontiform. The type species is Gladiopycnodus karami. |
| Handuichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | González-Rodríguez, Schultze & Arratia | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | El Doctor Formation | Mexico | A member of Beryciformes. The type species is Handuichthys interopercularis. |
| Holoptychius bergmanni | Sp. nov | Valid | Downs et al. | Late Devonian (Frasnian) | Fram Formation | Canada | A holoptychiid sarcopterygian, a species of Holoptychius. |
| Knerichthys | Gen. nov | Valid | Arratia | Late Triassic (Carnian) | | Italy | A relative of Pholidophorus, a new genus for "Pholidophorus" bronni Kner (1866). |
| Kokuraichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yabumoto | Early Cretaceous | Dobaru Formation | Japan | A hiodontiform. The type species is Kokuraichthys tokuriki. |
| Lampadena scapha | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Miocene (late Tortonian) to Pliocene (Piacenzian) | Chagres Formation Escudo de Veraguas Formation Nakosi Formation Shinzato Formation | Fiji  Japan  Panama | A lanternfish, a species of Lampadena. |
| Lampanyctus reductus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A lanternfish, a species of Lampanyctus. |
| Lepidophanes brassoensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Miocene (late Burdigalian to Langhian) | Brasso Formation | Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad) | A lanternfish, a species of Lepidophanes. |
| Lepidophanes inflectus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Miocene (late Tortonian) Pliocene (Zanclean) | Chagres Formation Cubagua Formation | Panama  Venezuela | A lanternfish, a species of Lepidophanes. |
| Lesueurigobius ewonguensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A goby, a species of Lesueurigobius. |
| Lobianchia johnfitchi | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Late Miocene to early Pliocene | Nancy Point Formation | Panama | A lanternfish, a species of Lobianchia. |
| Lophionotus | Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Gibson | Late Triassic to Early Jurassic | Chinle Formation Moenave Formation | United States | A member of Semionotiformes. The type species is Lophionotus sanjuanensis Gibson (2013); genus also contains Lophionotus chinleana Gibson (2013), as well as "Semionotus" kanabensis Schaeffer and Dunkle (1950). |
| Luopingcoelacanthus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wen et al.. | Anisian | Guanling Formation | China | A coelacanth. The type species is Luopingcoelacanthus eurylacrimalis. |
| Mahengichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Davis, Arratia & Kaiser | Middle Eocene (Lutetian, 46 to 45 Ma) | | Tanzania | A member of Kneriidae. The type species is Mahengichthys singidaensis. |
| Marathonichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bartholomai | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Toolebuc Formation | Australia | A member of Albuliformes. The type species is M. coyleorum. |
| Mesetaichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bieńkowska-Wasiluk et al. | Early Eocene | La Meseta Formation | Antarctica | A member of Notothenioidei. The type species is Mesetaichthys jerzmanskae. |
| Monocerichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) | | Lebanon | A pycnodontiform. The type species is Monocerichthys scheuchzeri. |
| Myctophum arcanum | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Miocene (late Tortonian) | Chagres Formation | Panama | A lanternfish, a species of Myctophum. |
| Myctophum degraciai | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Miocene (late Tortonian) | Chagres Formation | Panama | A lanternfish, a species of Myctophum. |
| Myctophum mundulum | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Aguilera | Miocene (Langhian) | Brasso Formation | Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad) | A lanternfish, a species of Myctophum. |
| Nardodercetis garganoi | Sp. nov | Valid | Taverne | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | | Italy | A member of Aulopiformes belonging to the group Enchodontoidei and the family Dercetidae; a species of Nardodercetis. |
| Orthocormus roeperi | Sp. nov | Valid | Arratia & Schultze | Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian) | | Germany | A member of Pachycormiformes, a species of Orthocormus. |
| Pacorichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lombardo | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Meride Limestone | Switzerland | A basal member of Actinopterygii. The type species is Pacorichthys sangiorgii. |
| Palaeogadus schwarzhansi | Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko & Udovichenko | Oligocene (Rupelian) | Uzunbas Formation | Kazakhstan | A merlucciid gadiform, a species of Palaeogadus. |
| Palimphyes stolyarovi | Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko & Udovichenko | Oligocene (Rupelian) | Uzunbas Formation | Kazakhstan | A euzaphlegid, a species of Palimphyes. |
| Paralampadena | Gen. et 3 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene | | Angola  Czech Republic  Gabon  Italy  Romania | A lanternfish. The type species is Paralampadena gabonensis; genus also contain new species Paralampadena angolensis and Paralampadena solida, as well as Paralampadena gracile (Schubert, 1912). |
| Paralebias | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Gaudant | Oligocene to Miocene | | Europe | A procatopodine poeciliid fish; a new genus for four species of poeciliids, including "Lebias" cephalotes Agassiz (1839), "Prolebias" egeranus Laube (1901) and "Prolebias" malzi Reichenbacher & Gaudant (2003). |
| Pepemkay | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alvarado-Ortega & Than-Marchese | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Sierra Madre Formation | Mexico | A lissoberycine slimehead. The type species is Pepemkay maya. |
| Perca neopleistocenica | Sp. nov | Valid | Kovalchuk | Pleistocene | | Ukraine | A perch. |
| Porolepis foxi | Sp. nov | Valid | Johanson, Ahlberg & Ritchie | Devonian (?Pragian–Emsian or Eifelian) | Mulga Downs Group | Australia | A porolepiform sarcopterygian, a species of Porolepis. |
| Potanichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Xu et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Falang Formation | China | A relative of Thoracopterus capable of over-water gliding. The type species is Potanichthys xingyiensis. The species might be synonymous with the species Thoracopterus wushaensis Tintori et al. (2012). |
| Pseudomonocentris | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | González-Rodríguez, Schultze & Arratia | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | El Doctor Formation | Mexico | A member of Beryciformes. The type species is Pseudomonocentris microspinosus. |
| Pterothrissus caspiensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko & Udovichenko | Oligocene (Rupelian) | Uzunbas Formation | Kazakhstan | A species of Pterothrissus. |
| Rhinopycnodus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) | | Lebanon | A pycnodontid pycnodontiform. The type species is Rhinopycnodus gabriellae. |
| Rostropycnodus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) | | Lebanon | A pycnodontiform. The type species is Rostropycnodus gayeti. |
| Saccogaster batanga | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A viviparous brotula, a species of Saccogaster. |
| Sakhalinia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nazarkin, Carnevale & Bannikov | Miocene | Agnevo Formation | Russia | A member of Hexagrammidae. The type species is Sakhalinia multispinata. |
| Salminus noriegai | Sp. nov | Valid | Cione & Azpelicueta | Miocene (early Tortonian) | | Argentina | A species of Salminus. |
| Sapperichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Amaral, Alvarado-Ortega & Brito | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Sierra Madre Formation | Mexico | A relative of the beaked salmon. The type species is Sapperichthys chiapanensis. |
| Saurichthys grignae | Sp. nov | Valid | Tintori | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Buchenstein Formation | Italy | A member of Saurichthyiformes, a species of Saurichthys. |
| Saurida tenera | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A lizardfish, a species of Saurida. |
| Secutor africanus | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A ponyfish, a species of Secutor. |
| Slovenitriacanthus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tyler & Križnar | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian-early Campanian) | Lipica Formation | Slovenia | A cretatriacanthid plectocretacicoid tetraodontiform. The type species is Slovenitriacanthus saksidai. |
| Songaichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne | Middle Jurassic | Stanleyville Formation | Democratic Republic of the Congo | A member of Teleostei related to Ankylophorus. The type species is Songaichthys luctacki. |
| Stewartichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bartholomai | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Toolebuc Formation | Australia | Possibly a member of Albuliformes. The type species is S. leichhardti. |
| Stolephorus favonius | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (Serravallian to early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | An anchovy, a species of Stolephorus. |
| Sylvienodus | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Poyato-Ariza | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | | Portugal | A pycnodontiform; a new genus for "Pycnodus" laveirensis. |
| Teoichthys brevipina | Sp. nov | Valid | Machado et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Tlayúa Formation | Mexico | An ophiopsid ionoscopiform halecomorph neopterygian, a species of Teoichthys. |
| Thaiichthys | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Cavin, Deesri & Suteethorn | Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous | | Thailand | A stem lepisosteiform, a new genus for "Lepidotes" buddhabutrensis Cavin et al. (2003). |
| Thorectichthys | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Murray & Wilson | Late Cretaceous (possibly late Cenomanian, but more probably early Turonian) | Akrabou Formation | Morocco | A paraclupeid, a member of Clupeomorpha and Ellimmichthyiformes. Genus contains two species: Thorectichthys marocensis and Thorectichthys rhadinus. |
| Vinciguerria yombeensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Miocene (early Tortonian) | Mandorové Formation | Gabon | A member of Phosichthyidae, a species of Vinciguerria. |
| Xenyllion stewarti | Sp. nov | Valid | Newbrey et al. | Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian) | Mowry Formation | United States | A sphenocephalid acanthomorph, a species of Xenyllion. |
| Yelangichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Middle Triassic | Guanling Formation | China | A yelangichthyid saurichthyiform. The type species is Yelangichthys macrocephalus. |
| Yunnancoelacanthus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wen et al.. | Anisian | Guanling Formation | China | A coelacanth. The type species is Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus. |
| Zambellichthys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Arratia | Late Triassic (Norian) | | Italy | A relative of Pholidophorus. The type species is Zambellichthys bergamensis. |