Ijimaia

Ijimaia is a genus of jellynose fishes, one of four in the order Ateleopodiformes.^[1] The genus occurs in the fossil record since the Middle Miocene.^[2]

Ijimaia Temporal range: 14.2–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Miocene to Present
Deep-water ateleopid fish (I. plicatellus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ateleopodiformes
Family:	Ateleopodidae
Genus:	Ijimaia Sauter [de], 1905

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

• Ijimaia antillarum Howell-Rivero, 1935
• Ijimaia dofleini Sauter [de], 1905
• Ijimaia fowleri Howell-Rivero, 1935
• Ijimaia loppei Roule, 1922 (Loppe's tadpole fish)
• Ijimaia plicatellus (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (deepwater ateleopodid)