Aipichthys

Aipichthys; Temporal range: Cenomanian, 97–93 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	A. minor (Pictet 1850)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	†Aipichthyidae
Genus:	†Aipichthys; Steindachner, 1860
Species
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Aipichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish that is possibly polyphyletic.^[1] Formerly classified in the Polymixiiformes, it is now thought to be a distant relative of oarfish and opahs.^[2]^[3]

Species

Five species have traditionally placed within Aipichthys, but a redescription of the type species in 2016 suggested the genus to be polyphyletic, with only the type species as a member of the genus. The other four species were not moved out of the genus by the authors and were referred as `Aipichthys`.

Aipichthys pretiosus Steindachner, 1860 (Komen Limestone, Volčji Grad, Komen, Slovenia) (type species)
Aipichthys minor (Pictet, 1850) (Hakel and Hjoula, Lebanon)
Aipichthys nuchalis (Dixon, 1850) (Upper Cenomanian English Chalk, Washington, Sussex, UK)
Aipichthys oblongus Gayet, 1980 (Hakel and Hjoula, Lebanon)
Aipichthys velifer Woodward, 1901 (Hakel and Hjoula, Lebanon)

References

'^ Delbarre, D. J.; Davesne, D.; Friedman, M. (2016). "Anatomy and relationships of †Aipichthys pretiosus and †Aipichthys' nuchalis (Acanthomorpha: Lampridomorpha), with a review of Late Cretaceous relatives of oarfishes and their allies". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14 (7): 545–567. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1078538. S2CID 86575270.
^ Davesne, Donald; Friedman, Matt; Barriel, Véronique; Lecointre, Guillaume; Janvier, Philippe; Gallut, Cyril; Otero, Olga (2014-09-02). "Early fossils illuminate character evolution and interrelationships of Lampridiformes (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 172 (2): 475–498. doi:10.1111/zoj.12166. ISSN 0024-4082.
^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

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[Delbarreetal2016-1] '^ Delbarre, D. J.; Davesne, D.; Friedman, M. (2016). "Anatomy and relationships of †Aipichthys pretiosus and †Aipichthys' nuchalis (Acanthomorpha: Lampridomorpha), with a review of Late Cretaceous relatives of oarfishes and their allies". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14 (7): 545–567. doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1078538. S2CID 86575270.

[2] Davesne, Donald; Friedman, Matt; Barriel, Véronique; Lecointre, Guillaume; Janvier, Philippe; Gallut, Cyril; Otero, Olga (2014-09-02). "Early fossils illuminate character evolution and interrelationships of Lampridiformes (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 172 (2): 475–498. doi:10.1111/zoj.12166. ISSN 0024-4082.

[3] "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

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