Watsonichthys

Watsonichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Tournaisian age (Mississippian, Carboniferous) to possibly the Asselian age (Cisuralian/lower Permian) in what is now Europe (Scotland, Germany, Czech Republic) and possibly Namibia.^[1][2] It is named after David Meredith Seares Watson.

Watsonichthys Temporal range: Tournaisian – Asselian? PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Palaeonisciformes
Genus:	†Watsonichthys Aldinger, 1937
Type species
†Elonichthys pectinatus Traquair, 1877
Species
†W. lotzi Gürich, 1923 †W. pectinatus (Traquair, 1877) †W. sphaerosideritarum Fritsch, 1895