Chuhsiungichthys

Chuhsiungichthys is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish that lived in freshwater environments in what is now Yunnan, China, and Kyushu, Japan during the Cretaceous.^[1][2][3] It differs from its sister genus, Mesoclupea, primarily by having a comparatively more anteriorly-placed dorsal fin.^[4]

Chuhsiungichthys Temporal range: Early to Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Ichthyodectiformes (?)
Family:	†Chuhsiungichthyidae
Genus:	†Chuhsiungichthys Lew, 1974
Type species
†Chuhsiungichthys tsanglingensis Lew, 1974
Species
†C. tsanglingensis Lew 1974 †C. yanagidai Yabumoto 1994 †C. japonicus Yabumoto 1994

It contains the following species:^[1]

• †C. tsanglingensis Lew, 1974 – Turonian-Coniacian^[5] of Chuhsiung, Yunnan, China (Jiangdihe Formation)
• †C. japonicus Yabumoto, 1994 – Albian^[6] of Kyushu, Japan (Kumagai Formation)
• †C. yanagidai Yabumoto, 1994 – Hauterivian-Barremian^[4][7] of Kyushu, Japan (Dobaru Formation)

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish