Catutoichthys

Catutoichthys is an extinct genus of amiiform fish belonging to the family Caturidae. The only species that has been found to be within this genus is Catutoichthys olsacheri.^[1]

Catutoichthys Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Catutoichthys olsacheri, specimen MOZ-Pv 3645
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Halecomorphi
Order:	Amiiformes
Family:	†Caturidae
Genus:	†Catutoichthys Gouiric-Cavalli, 2016
Species:	†C. olsacheri
Binomial name
†Catutoichthys olsacheri Gouiric-Cavalli, 2016

It lived during the Late Jurassic period in the Vaca Muerta Formation, southwestern Gondwana in what is now Argentina. This makes Catutoichthys the earliest representative of the family Caturidae.^[1]