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Newly named jawless vertebrates

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Arctictenaspis[1]	Valid	Elliott & Blieck	Devonian	Peel Sound Formation	Canada	A member of Ctenaspidae. The type species is "Ctenaspis" obruchevi Dineley (1976); genus also includes "Ctenaspis" russelli Dineley (1976) and "Ctenaspis" ornata Dineley (1976).
Ariaspis arctata[2]	Valid	Elliott Swift	Late Silurian		Canada	A heterostracan.
Zaphoctenaspis[1]	Valid	Elliott & Blieck	Devonian (Emsian)	Sevy Dolomite	United States	A member of Ctenaspidae. The type species is Z. meemannae.

Newly named placoderms

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Bryantolepis williamsi[3]	Valid	Elliott & Carr	Early Devonian	Water Canyon Formation	United States	A member of Arthrodira, a species of Bryantolepis.
Dolganosteus[4]	Valid	Mark-Kurik	Early Devonian		Russia	A member of Rhenanida. Genus includes new species D. remotus.
Merimbulaspis[5]	Valid	Young	Devonian		Australia	A member of Antiarchi belonging to the group Asterolepidoidei. Genus includes new species M. meemannae.
Potangaspis[6]	Valid	Zhu Min Wang Jun-qing Wang Shi-tao	early Emsian (Early Devonian)	Yukiang Formation	China	An antarctaspid arthrodire. The species is P. parvoculatus.

Newly named cartilaginous fishes

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Akaimia[7]	Valid	Rees	Callovian – Oxfordian	Ogrodzieniec	Poland	A primitive carpet shark.
Avonacanthus[8]	Valid	Maisey	Early Carboniferous		United Kingdom	A member of Elasmobranchii, possibly a heslerodid; a new genus for "Ctenacanthus" brevis Agassiz (1837).
Cretorectolobus robustus[9]	Valid	Underwood Cumbaa	Cenomanian		Canada
Denaea saltsmani[10]	Valid	Ginter Hansen	Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)		United States	A member of Symmoriiformes, possibly a member of Stethacanthidae; a species of Denaea.
Denaea williamsi[10]	Valid	Ginter Hansen	Carboniferous (late Mississippian)		Poland Russia United Kingdom United States	A member of Symmoriiformes, possibly a member of Stethacanthidae; a species of Denaea.
Edaphodon hesperis[11]	Valid	Shin	Campanian	Haslam Formation	Canada	A holocephalan, a species of Edaphodon.
Eoscymnus[12]	Valid	Herman Van Den Eeckhaut	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to Eocene		Belgium France Morocco United States	An eoscymnid squaliform. The type species is Eoscymnus anthonisi.
Eostriatolamia paucicorrugata[9]	Valid	Underwood Cumbaa	Cenomanian		Canada
Foumtizia deschutteri[12]	Valid	Herman Van Den Eeckhaut	Eocene		Belgium	A catshark or a houndshark, a species of Foumtizia.
Jiaodontus[13]	Valid	Klug Tütken et al.[CAL 1]	Oxfordian	Qigu Formation	China	A lonchidiid hybodontiform.
Meristodonoides[9]	Valid	Underwood Cumbaa	Aptian to Maastrichtian		Canada USA	A new genus for "Hybodus" rajkovichi (Case, 2001). Other species included in this genus are: "Hybodus" butleri (Thurmond, 1971), "Hybodus" montanensis (Case, 1978) and "Hybodus" novojerseyensis (Case and Cappetta, 2004).
Orectoloboides angulatus[9]	Valid	Underwood Cumbaa	Cenomanian		Canada
Orectoloboides gijseni[12]	Valid	Herman Van Den Eeckhaut	Eocene		Belgium	A wobbegong.
Palaeogenotodus[12]	Junior synonym	Herman Van Den Eeckhaut	Early Cretaceous (Albian) to Eocene (Ypresian)		Angola Belgium France Morocco United Kingdom	Initially thought to be an eoptolamnid lamniform,[12] subsequently assigned to Otodontidae. The type species is Paleogenotodus luypaertsi. Herman and Van Waes (2012) considered the genus Palaeogenotodus to be a synonym of the genus Otodus; the authors retained the type species P. luypaertsi as a distinct species within the genus Otodus.[14]
Palaeoxyris friessi[15]	Valid	Böttcher	Ladinian	Erfurt Formation	Germany	Egg capsule of a probable hybodont shark.
Ptychodus rhombodus[9]	Valid	Underwood Cumbaa	Cenomanian		Canada
Roulletia canadensis[9]	Valid	Underwood Cumbaa	Cenomanian		Canada
Telodontaspis[9]	Valid	Underwood Cumbaa	Cenomanian		Canada	The type species is Telodontaspis agassizensis. Newbrey et al. (2013) considered this genus to be a junior synonym of the genus Cretoxyrhina, though they maintained the species T. agassizensis as a separate species within the genus Cretoxyrhina.[16]
Titanonarke[17]	Valid	de Carvalho	Eocene	Monte Bolca	Italy	An electric ray. The type species is "Narcine" molini Jaekel (1894).
Triaenodon willei[12]	Valid	Herman Van Den Eeckhaut	Eocene		Belgium	A relative of the whitetip reef shark.
Urobatis molleni[18]	Valid	Hovestadt Hovestadt-Euler	Eocene (Ypresian to early Lutetian)	Aalter Formation	Belgium	A stingray, a species of Urobatis.
Welcommia cappettai[19]	Valid	Klug Kriwet	Middle Oxfordian		Germany	A synechodontiform shark, a species of Welcommia.

Newly named bony fishes

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Acanthocepola sicca[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Netherlands	A bandfish, a species of Acanthocepola.
Alaconger[21]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to Eocene		France Germany	A member of Congridae. The type species is Alaconger triquetrus; genus also contains A. eocaenicus (Sulc, 1932).
Amblyeleotris radwanskaae[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Austria	A goby, a species of Amblyeleotris.
Ampheristus brevicauda[21]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A cusk-eel, a species of Ampheristus.
Ampheristus traunensis[21]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A cusk-eel, a species of Ampheristus.
Aphia weinbrechti[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A relative of the transparent goby.
Archaeotetraodon bannikovi[22]	Valid	Carnevale & Tyler	Miocene		Italy	A member of Tetraodontidae, a species of Archaeotetraodon.
Archaeotetraodon dicarloi[22]	Valid	Carnevale & Tyler	Miocene		Italy	A member of Tetraodontidae, a species of Archaeotetraodon.
Archaeotetraodon zafaranai[22]	Valid	Carnevale & Tyler	Miocene		Italy	A member of Tetraodontidae, a species of Archaeotetraodon.
Archaulopus[21]	Gen. et sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A greeneye. The type species is Archaulopus acutus.
Argentina voigti[21]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A herring smelt, a species of Argentina.
Argyroberyx[21]	Gen. et comb. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Austria Germany United States?	A relative of spinyfins. A new genus for "Otolithus (Ganoidarum)" dentatus Liebus (1927); genus might also contain "? Caproidarum" dockeryi Nolf & Stringer (1996).
Ateleopus ariejansseni[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Netherlands	A jellynose fish, a species of Ateleopus.
Ateleopus nolfi[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Belgium	A jellynose fish, a species of Ateleopus.
Atlantoceratodus patagonicus[23]	Valid	Agnolin	Late Cretaceous (Campanian or Maastrichtian)	Allen Formation	Argentina	A lungfish, a species of Atlantoceratodus.
Auriculithus[21]	Gen. et sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A member of Sternoptychidae. The type species is Auriculithus pattersoni.
Bannikovperca[24]	Gen. et sp. nov	Taverne	Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichrian boundary)		Italy	Initially classified as a member of Perciformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member of Percoidei;[24] subsequently reinterpreted as a slimehead.[25] The type species is Bannikovperca apula.
Bathycongrus teredophilus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Poland	A member of Congridae, a species of Bathycongrus.
Bathyuroconger sincerus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Netherlands	A member of Congridae, a species of Bathyuroconger.
Bavariconger[21]	Gen. et sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to Paleocene (Thanetian)[26]		Austria Germany	A member of Congridae. The type species is Bavariconger pollerspoecki.
Bavariscopelus[21]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Maastrichtian) to Paleocene		Denmark France Germany Spain	Originally considered to be a lanternfish;[21] subsequently only classified as a member of Myctophiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement by Schwarzhans (2012).[26] The type species is Bavariscopelus bispinosus; genus also contains "genus Apogonidarum" vetustus Nolf (2003).
Beauryia[21]	Gen. et sp. et comb? nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany Austria?	A relative of spinyfins. The type species is Beauryia medialis; genus might also contain ? B. obovatus (Liebus, 1927) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) of Carinthia.
Bellwoodilabrus[27]	Valid	Bannikov Carnevale	Eocene (late Ypresian)	Monte Bolca locality	Italy	A wrasse. The type species is Bellwoodilabrus landinii.
Blennius dividatus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A combtooth blenny, a species of Blennius.
Bollmannia nubila[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A goby, a species of Bollmannia.
Bonnerichthys[28]	Valid	Friedman Shimada et al.[CAL 2]	Cenomanian	Niobrara Chalk Formation	USA	A gigantic pachycormid fish, a new genus for "Portheus" gladius (Cope, 1873).
Bullichthys[29]	Valid	Mayrinck Brito Otero	Lower Cretaceous	Santana Formation	Brazil	An albuliform fish. The species is B. santanensis.
Cataetyx cautus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Netherlands	A viviparous brotula, a species of Cataetyx.
Caucasiganus[30]	Gen. et sp. nov	Bannikov Tyler Sorbini	Eocene (Bartonian) and early Oligocene		Iran Russia	A rabbitfish. The type species is Caucasiganus eocaenicus from the Eocene of Russia; genus also includes second, unnamed species from the early Oligocene of Iran.
Chelidonichthys mistensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Netherlands	A smallscaled gurnard.
Ciliata crimmeni[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Lotidae, a species of Ciliata.
Coelorinchus supramedianus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A grenadier, a species of Coelorinchus.
Deltentosteus eggenburgensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Austria	A goby, a species of Deltentosteus.
Diaphus extremus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.
Diaphus guersi[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.
Diaphus simplex[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Denmark Germany	A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus.
Dibranchus auriculatus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Ogcocephalidae, a species of Dibranchus.
Diretmus primus[21]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A spinyfin related to the silver spinyfin.
Encheliophis woltrupensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Netherlands	A pearlfish, a species of Encheliophis.
Enchodus zimapanensis[31]	Valid	Fielitz González-Rodríguez	Albian to Cenomanian	El Doctor Formation	Mexico	An enchodontid aulopiform, a species of Enchodus.
Engyophrys arnoldmuelleri[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Bothidae, a species of Engyophrys.
Gadichthys serratus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Denmark Germany	A member of Gadidae, a species of Gadichthys.
Gadichthys syltensis abruptus[20]	Subsp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Gadidae, a subspecies of Gadichthys syltensis.
Gadiculus deurnensis compactus[20]	Subsp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Gadidae, a subspecies of Gadiculus deurnensis.
Gadiculus deurnensis macer[20]	Subsp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Gadidae, a subspecies of Gadiculus deurnensis.
Gobius rudis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A goby, a species of Gobius.
Gobius simplicissimus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A goby, a species of Gobius.
Gobius tenuisulcus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A goby, a species of Gobius.
Gymnogeophagus eocenicus[32]	Valid	Malabarba, Malabarba & Del Papa	Eocene	Lumbrera Formation	Argentina	A cichlid, a species of Gymnogeophagus.
"genus Hemiramphidarum" insolitus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A halfbeak of uncertain generic assignment.
Holocentronotus[21]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to Eocene		Germany New Zealand	A member of Holocentridae. The type species is Holocentronotus percomorphus; genus also contains H. palasulcatus (Schwarzhans 1980), H. ventriosus (Schwarzhans 1980) and H. amplus (Schwarzhans 1980), all from the Eocene of New Zealand.
Hoplobrotula tenuinotata[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A cusk-eel, a species of Hoplobrotula.
Hoplunnis massivus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Netherlands	A member of Nettastomatidae, a species of Hoplunnis.
Hygophum brzobohatyi[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A lanternfish, a species of Hygophum.
Hyporhamphus ronaldjansseni[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A halfbeak, a species of Hyporhamphus.
Isozen[21]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (late Santonian to Maastrichtian) to Paleocene		Denmark France Germany	A member of Zeiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to the family Parazenidae. The type species is Isozen beateae; genus also contains "genus Zeiformorum" tyleri Nolf 2003 and "genus Zeiformorum" janni Schwarzhans (2003).
Johnsonperca[24]	Gen. et sp. nov	Taverne	Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichrian boundary)		Italy	A member of Perciformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member of Percoidei. The type species is Johnsonperca annavaccarii.
Kathetostoma drusianus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Netherlands	A stargazer, a species of Kathetostoma.
Kokenichthys[21]	Gen. et comb. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany United States	A member of Osteoglossiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "genus ? Albulidarum" ensis Nolf & Dockery (1990).
Lagosiganus[30]	Gen. et sp. nov	Bannikov Tyler Sorbini	Eocene (Bartonian)	Kuma Horizon	Russia	A rabbitfish. The type species is Lagosiganus parinterneuralis.
Lamprogrammus joergennielseni[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A cusk-eel, a species of Lamprogrammus.
Lavinia lugaskii[33]	Valid	Kelly	Middle Miocene (early Clarendonian)	Aldrich Station Formation	United States	A cyprinid fish, a species of Lavinia.
Lepidotrigla dingdenensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A sea robin, a species of Lepidotrigla.
Lepidotrigla modica[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Netherlands	A sea robin, a species of Lepidotrigla.
Lepidotrigla necrophagus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A sea robin, a species of Lepidotrigla.
Lepidotrigla vierlandica[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A sea robin, a species of Lepidotrigla.
Macropycnodon[34]	Valid	Shimada Williamson Sealey	Upper Cretaceous	Mancos Shale Formation	USA	A gigantic pycnodont fish.
Magnigena[35]	Valid	Forey & Hilton	Paleocene	Umm Himar Formation	Saudi Arabia	An arowana. Genus includes new species M. arabica.
Microgadus ipswichensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Middle Pliocene		United Kingdom	A member of Gadidae, a species of Microgadus.
Mesobius lohneensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A grenadier, a species of Mesobius.
Morone exercitus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Denmark Germany	A temperate bass, a species of Morone.
Morone sororius[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Denmark Germany	A temperate bass, a species of Morone.
Myrichthys valens[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Netherlands	A member of Ophichthidae, a species of Myrichthys.
Nigerium tamaguelense[36]	Sp. nov	Longbottom	Early Eocene		Mali	A catfish belonging to the family Claroteidae.
Notoscopelus ostiolatus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A lanternfish, a species of Notoscopelus.
Oblada torneschensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A relative of the saddled seabream.
Oliganodon[37]	Gen. et comb. nov	Bannikov	Oligocene		Abkhazia Azerbaijan Czech Republic France Germany Hungary Poland Romania Russia Ukraine	A member of Percoidei. Genus includes "Smerdis" budensis Heckel (1856) and "Serranus" comparabilis Daniltshenko (1960). However, Prokofiev (2009) already established a new genus Oligoserranoides for these two species.[38]
Orrichthys[39]	Valid	Carnevale & Pietsch	Eocene (Ypresian)	Monte Bolca locality	Italy	A handfish. The type species is Orrichthys longimanus.
Owstonia badenensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Austria	A bandfish, a species of Owstonia.
Pagrus vandornicki[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Netherlands	A member of Sparidae, a species of Pagrus.
Palaeostomias[21]	Gen. et sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A relative of barbeled dragonfishes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Palaeostomias praematurus.
Pampus pampauensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Stromateidae, a species of Pampus.
Pampus uedemensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Stromateidae, a species of Pampus.
Paralichthys transatlanticus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Paralichthyidae, a species of Paralichthys.
Parascombrops malzi[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Denmark Germany Netherlands	A member of Acropomatidae, a species of Parascombrops.
"genus aff. Parascombrops" postgeron[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Netherlands	A member of Acropomatidae related to members of the genus Parascombrops.
Paratrisopterus glaber[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Gadidae, a species of Paratrisopterus.
Peprilus hoedemakersi[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Netherlands	A member of Stromateidae, a species of Peprilus.
Peristedion menzeli[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	An armored searobin, a species of Peristedion.
Pfeilichthys[21]	Gen. et sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A relative of members of the family Holocentridae. The type species is Pfeilichthys pfeili.
Pisodonophis cetacephalus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Netherlands	A member of Ophichthidae, a species of Pisodonophis.
Plesioheros[40]	Valid	Perez, Malabarba & Del Papa	Eocene	Lumbrera Formation	Argentina	A cichlid belonging to the tribe Heroini. The type species is P. chauliodus.
Plesiopoma[21]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Coniacian to Maastrichtian)		Austria France Germany Spain	A member of Acropomatidae. The type species is Plesiopoma otiosa; genus also contains P. anhaltinus (Voigt, 1926), P. weinbergeri (Sieber & Weinfurter, 1967) and P. bilottei (Nolf, 2003).
Polazzodus[41]	Valid	Poyoto-Ariza	Late Cretaceous		Italy	A pycnodont fish. The species is P. coronatus.
Pollerspoeckia[21]	Gen. et sp. et comb. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Turonian to Maastrichtian)		Germany Spain United Kingdom	A relative of members of the genus Pterothrissus. The type species is Pollerspoeckia siegsdorfensis; genus also contains P. rotunda (Stinton, 1973) and P. bagassianus (Nolf, 2003).
"genus Polymixiidarum" beauryi[21]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A Polymixiidae. Assigned to the genus Cowetaichthys by Schwarzhans, Huddleston & Takeuchi (2018).[42]
Pomatoschistus flensburgensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A goby, a species of Pomatoschistus.
Ponticola wiesenensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Austria	A goby, a species of Ponticola.
Potamoceratodus[43]	Valid	Pardo Huttenlocker et al.[CAL 3]	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation	USA	A lungfish, a new genus for "Ceratodus" guentheri (Marsh, 1878).
Prionotus chamavensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Netherlands	A sea robin, a species of Prionotus.
Prionotus europaeus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A sea robin, a species of Prionotus.
Pristigenys hermani[44]	Valid	Taverne Nolf	Middle Eocene		Belgium	A priacanthid, a species of Pristigenys.
Pristigenys schiecki[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A priacanthid, a species of Pristigenys.
Protobathylagus[21]	Gen. et sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A deep-sea smelt. The type species is Protobathylagus effusus.
Protobythites[21]	Gen. et sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany United States[45]	A cusk-eel. The type species is Protobythites brzobohatyi.
Pteralbula foreyi[21]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany United States?[45]	Originally described as a species of Pteralbula, but subsequently transferred to the genus Pterothrissus.[45]
Qingmenodus[46]	Gen. et sp. nov	Lu Zhu	Devonian (late Pragian)	Posongchong Formation	China	A member of Onychodontida. The type species is Q. yui.
Rhinconichthys[28]	Valid	Friedman Shimada et al.[CAL 2]	Cenomanian		Japan UK	A gigantic pachycormid fish. The species is Rhinconichthys taylori
Rhinonemus gaemersi[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Lotidae, a species of Rhinonemus.
Rhombichthys[47]	Valid	Khalloufi Zaragueta-Bagils Lelievre	Cenomanian	Ein Yabrud	West Bank	A double-armored member of the Ellimmichthyiformes.
Rhynchoconger accentuatus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Netherlands	A member of Congridae, a species of Rhynchoconger.
"genus aff. Rhynchoconger" piger[21]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany United States[45]	A member of Congridae related to members of the genus Rhynchoconger.
Robinsondipterus[48]	Valid	Long	Late Devonian	Gogo Formation	Australia	A holodontid lungfish. The type species is "Holodipterus" longi Campbell & Barwick (1991).
Saccogaster vonderhochti[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A viviparous brotula, a species of Saccogaster.
Sciaena abotrita[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Sciaenidae, a species of Sciaena.
Sciaena achimensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Sciaenidae, a species of Sciaena.
Sciaenops cimbricus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Sciaenidae, a species of Sciaenops.
Shuleichthys[49]	Valid	Murry You Peng	Cretaceous		China	A osteoglossomorph fish. The species is S. brachypteryx.
Sillaginocentrus[21]	Gen. et sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A relative of members of the family Holocentridae. The type species is Sillaginocentrus alienus.
Solea ijsselanus[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Netherlands	A member of Soleidae, a species of Solea.
Solea wolfi[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A member of Soleidae, a species of Solea.
Trachinus wettenensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A weever, a species of Trachinus.
Traubiella[21]	Gen. et sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A relative of members of the family Holocentridae. The type species is Traubiella anagoformis.
Traunichthys[21]	Gen. et sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Germany	A possible relative of ridgeheads. The type species is Traunichthys pfeili.
Trigla vandervoorti[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany	A relative of the piper gurnard.
Triglopsis chaucensis[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Netherlands	A member of Cottidae, a species of Triglopsis.
Xeradipterus[50]	Valid	Clement Long	Late Devonian (Frasnian)	Gogo Formation	Australia	A holodontid lungfish.
Zeugopterus martinii[20]	Sp. nov	Schwarzhans	Miocene		Germany Netherlands	A member of Scophthalmidae, a species of Zeugopterus.
Zorzinperca[24]	Gen. et sp. nov	Taverne	Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichrian boundary)		Italy	A member of Perciformes belonging to the group Percoidei, a relative of Nardoichthys. The type species is Zorzinperca weverberghi.

Notes

1. Klug, Tütken, Wings, Pfretzschner, Martin.
2. Friedman, Shimada, Martin, Everhart, Liston, Maltese, Triebold.
3. Pardo, Huttenlocker, Small, Gorman II.