''Cathlesichthys'' is an extinct genus of homostiid

arthrodire Arthrodira (Greek for "jointed neck") is an Order (biology), order of extinct armored, jawed fishes of the class Placodermi that flourished in the Devonian period before their sudden extinction, surviving for about 50 million years and penetratin ...

from Wee Jasper, during the

Early Devonian The Early Devonian is the first of three Epoch (geology), epochs comprising the Devonian period, corresponding to the Lower Devonian Series (stratigraphy), series. It lasted from and began with the Lochkovian Stage , which was followed by the Pr ...

Etymology

The generic epithet honors Ian and Helen Cathles, being a compound of their surname combined with the

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word for

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

ιχθύς (ichthýs). The specific epithet refers to the location of where it was found ( Wee Jasper).

Description

''Cathlesichthys'' is known from an incomplete paranuchal, and nuchal plates, attaining a skull length of around 20 cm.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q116235708 Homostiidae Arthrodire genera Placoderms of Australia Fossil taxa described in 2004