Chrotichthys

Chrotichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived in the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.^[2][3] It contains a single species, C. gregarius, known from the Terrigal Formation of New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

Chrotichthys Temporal range: Anisian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Perleidiformes
Genus:	†Chrotichthys Wade, 1940
Species:	†C. gregarius
Binomial name
†Chrotichthys gregarius (Woodward, 1890)
Synonyms
†Pholidophorus gregarius Woodward, 1890

Initially considered the earliest known representative of the "pholidophorid" fishes (as Pholidophorus gregarius), it is now generally considered a perleidiform.^[4][5][6]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish