Beerichthys

Beerichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish. It contains a single species, Beerichthys ingens, that was a member of the Ypresian London Clay fauna of lower Eocene England.^[1]

Beerichthys Temporal range: Lower Eocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Luvaridae
Genus:	†Beerichthys Casier, 1966
Species:	†B. ingens
Binomial name
†Beerichthys ingens Casier, 1966

It is known only from a series of incomplete skulls. When originally described in 1966, B. ingens was placed in a monotypic family, "Beerichthyidae," within Iniomi. Later, more (also incomplete) skulls were studied by Colin Patterson, who determined that the fish was a louvar, an assessment supported with further CT scanning of its fossils.^[2][3]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish