*The following list of prehistoric fishes is not a completely comprehensive list. Not all are listed here, only the ray-finned fish. Genera will have links to their corresponding articles, but species will not have any links.*

*Leedsichthys*, a giant pachycormid
This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a simple yet comprehensive listing of not all genera, but only a few examples.

List of prehistoric bony fish
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### *Abadzekhia*

*Main article: Abadzekhia*

***Abadzekhia*** is an extinct genus of Oligocene snake mackerel.

### *Aeoliscoides*

*Main article: Aeoliscoides*

***Aeoliscoides*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.

### *Aglyptorhynchus*

*Main article: Aglyptorhynchus*

*Sinamia*
***Aglyptorhynchus*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish from the order Scombriformes.

### *Allomorone*

*Main article: Allomorone*

***Allomorone*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.

### *Amphiperca*

*Main article: Amphiperca*

***Amphiperca*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.

### *Amiopsis*

*Main article: Amiopsis*

***Amiopsis*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.

### *Aeduella*

*Main article: Aeduella*

*Gabanellia*
***Aeduella*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.

### *Aulorhamphus*

*Main article: Aulorhamphus*

***Aulorhamphus*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.

### *Ascalabos*

*Main article: Ascalabos*

***Ascalabos*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric actinopterygian fish known from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany. It contains one species, ***A. voithii***.

### *Archaeolepidotus*

*Main article: Archaeolepidotus*

***Archaeolepidotus*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.

### *Bolinichthyes*

*Main article: Bolinichthyes*

*Ascalabos*
***Bolinichthyes*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish, a member of the order Myctophiformes. Its only species is ***Bolinichthyes longipes***.

### *Beerichthys*

*Main article: Beerichthys*

*Paranguilla tigrina*
***Beerichthys ingens*** is an extinct prehistoric bony fish that was a member of the Ypresian London Clay fauna of lower Eocene England.

### *Bawitius*

*Main article: Bawitius*

***Bawitius*** is an extinct genus of gargantuan bichir from the Upper Cretaceous.

### *Bobasatrania*

*Main article: Bobasatrania*

***Bobasatrania*** is an extinct bony fish from the Triassic.

### *Caturus*

*Main article: Caturus*

*Lophar miocaenus*
***Caturus*** (from Greek: κατω *kato*, 'down' and Greek: οὐρά *ourá* 'tail') is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish related to the modern-day bowfin. It is possibly non-monophyletic.

### *Chibapsetta*

*Main article: Chibapsetta*

***Chibapsetta dolichurostyli*** is an extinct, prehistoric right-eye flounder that lived during the Pleistocene epoch in what is now Japan.

### *Calamostoma*

*Main article: Calamostoma*

***Calamostoma*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that belongs to the order Syngnathiformes. It lived from the early to middle Eocene.

### *Cimolichthys*

*Miain article: Cimolichthys*

***Cimolichthys*** is an extinct genus of nektonic aulopiformid fish.

### *Dalpiazella*

*Main article: Dalpiazella*

***Dalpiazella brevicauda*** is an extinct species of eel.

### *Daedalichthys*

*Main article: Daedalichthys*

*Callipurbeckia*
***Daedalichthys*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.

### *Gabanellia*

*Main article: Gabanellia*

***Gabanellia*** is an extinct, prehistoric perleidiform from the Late Triassic.

### *Heterolepidotus*

*Main article: Heterolepidotus*

*Dapedium politum* fossil
***Heterolepidotus*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish, a member of the Amiiformes.

### *Ichthyokentema*

*Main article: Ichthyokentema*

***Ichthyokentema*** (meaning "fish-goad") is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish that has one species called ***Ichthyokentema purbeckensis***.

### *Kyphosichthys*

*Main article: Kyphosichthys*

***Kyphosichthys*** is an extinct genus of basal actinopterygian.

### *Leedsichthys*

*Main article: Leedsichthys*

***Leedsichthys*** is an extinct genus of giant pachycormid. It has two species, the type being ***Leedsichthys problematicus***, and the other being *Leedsichthys notocetes*. *Leedsichthys* is the largest fish known, with an estimated length of up to 16 metres.

### *Lompoquia*

*Main article: Lompoquia*

***Lompoquia retropes*** is an extinct species of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae.

### *Palaeoatherina*

*Main article: Palaeoatherina*

***Palaeoatherina*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.

### *Rhenanoperca*

*Main article: Rhenanoperca*

*Calamostoma*
***Rhenanoperca*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric perciform fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene. It is a kind of fossil fish.

### *Robustichthys*

*Main article: Robustichthys*

### *Scombroclupea*

*Main article: Scombroclupea*

***Scombroclupea*** is an extinct, prehistoric clupeiform that lived during the Cenomanian.

### *Serenoichthys*

*Main article: Serenoichthys*

***Serenoichthys kemkemsis*** is an extinct genus of small bichir.

### *Trachicaranx*

*Main article: Trachicaranx*

*Scombroclupea*
***Trachicaranx tersus*** is an extinct, prehistoric jackfish from what is now Turkmenistan.

### *Tungtingichthys*

*Main article: Tungtingichthys*

***Tungtingichthys*** is an extinct, prehistoric perciform that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch of China.

### *Uarbryichthys*

*Main article: Uarbryichthys*

***Uarbryichthys*** is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Upper Jurassic of Australia.

### *Urosphen*

*Main article: Urosphen*

*Trachicaranx* and *Archaeus*
***Urosphen*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.

### *Xiphactinus*

*Main article: Xiphactinus*

*Lycoptera davidi*
***Xiphactinus*** (from Latin and Greek for "sword-ray") was a large, 4.5 to 5 m (15 to 20 feet) long predatory bony fish that lived during the late Albian to the late Maastrichtian. It looked like a giant, fanged tarpon.

### *Zignoichthys*

*Main article: Zignoichthys*

***Zignoichthys*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric pufferfish. In life, it would have resembled a paunchy triggerfish.

### *Zaphlegulus*

*Main article: Zaphlegulus*

***Zaphlegulus*** is an extinct genus of mackerel-like fish found off the coast of what is now California during the late Miocene. It belongs to the family Euzaphlegidae. The type species is ***Zaphlegulus venturaensis***.

### *Zeuchthiscus*

*Main article: Zeuchthiscus*

*Libotonius*
***Zeuchthiscus*** is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived in Australia during the Early Triassic Period.

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