Kyphosichthys

Kyphosichthys (Greek for "bent fish") is an extinct genus of freshwater actinopterygian fish known from the lower Middle Triassic marine deposits in Luoping in eastern Yunnan Province in southwestern China. Its only species is Kyphosichthys grandei.

 Description 
Kyphosichthys has a large, arched hump between the head and the dorsal fin. Kyphosichthys was probably a slow swimmer but highly maneuverable.

 Related pages 
 List of prehistoric bony fish genera

 References 

 Xu, G. -H.; F.- X., Wu. (2011). "A deep-bodied ginglymodian fish from the Middle Triassic of eastern Yunnan Province, China, and the phylogeny of lower neopterygians". Chinese Science Bulletin. 57: 111–118. doi:10.1007/s11434-011-4719-1.

Taxon identifiers Wikidata: Q1795139
 Fossilworks: 215139
 GBIF: 8622591
 IRMNG: 11911395
Category:Extinct fish
Category:Freshwater fish