Lycopteridae

Lycopteridae is an extinct family of freshwater osteoglossomorph ray-finned fishes.

Lycopteridae
Temporal range: from Jurassic to Cretaceous
Lycoptera species from China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Superorder:
Osteoglossomorpha
Order:
Lycopteriformes
Family:
Lycopteridae

Liu, Su, Huang & Chang, 1963

Genera
  • Lycoptera Müller, 1848
  • Aokiichthys Yabumoto 1994
  • Changichthys Su 1991
  • Yungkangichthys Chang and Chou 1974

Description

These ray-finned fishes were small, often only a finger's length, with small, almost circular scales.

Distribution

They occurred in East Asian rivers and lakes from the Jurassic to Cretaceous. Fossils of these fishes have been found in China and Japan.

References
    • Arno Hermann Müller: Lehrbuch der Paläozoologie. Band III, Vertebraten, Teil 1. Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1985
    • Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
    • V.N. Yakovlev Systematics of the family Lycopteridae International Geology Review - Volume 8, Issue 1, 1966


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