Bobbichthys

Bobbichthys is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Chile during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.^[1][2][3] It was a member of the Varasichthyidae, a family of potentially crossognathiform fish.^[4][5][6]

Bobbichthys Temporal range: Oxfordian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Crossognathiformes (?)
Family:	†Varasichthyidae
Genus:	†Bobbichthys Arratia, 1986
Species:	†B. opercularis
Binomial name
†Bobbichthys opercularis Arratia, 1986

It was named after paleoichthyologist Bobb Schaefer (1913-2004).^[2]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• List of prehistoric bony fish