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''Dalmatichthys'' is an extinct
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of marine
beardfish The beardfishes consist of a single extant genus, ''Polymixia'', of deep-sea marine ray-finned fish named for their pair of long hyoid barbels. They are classified in their own order Polymixiiformes . But as Nelson says, "few groups have been sh ...
from the
Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''cre ...
. It contains a single species, ''D. malezi'' (named for Mirko Malez) from
Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
. It is the only member of the family Dalmatichthyidae, which is sometimes considered synonymous with
Polymixiidae The beardfishes consist of a single extant genus, ''Polymixia'', of deep-sea marine ray-finned fish named for their pair of long hyoid barbel (anatomy), barbels. They are classified in their own order Polymixiiformes . But as Nelson says, "few g ...
. Its exact relationship to modern beardfish in ''
Polymixia ''Polymixia'' is the only extant taxon, extant genus of the Order (biology), order Beardfish, Polymixiiformes and family Polymixiidae. It contains 10 species, all of which live in deepwater marine environments. They are found in tropical and subt ...
'' likely needs further research.


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Prehistoric fish __NOTOC__ Prehistoric fish are early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Quaternary. The study of prehistoric fish is ...
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List of prehistoric bony fish This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includ ...


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Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Polymixiiformes Late Cretaceous bony fish Cretaceous fish of Europe Late Cretaceous genera Fossils of Croatia Fossil taxa described in 1975 {{Polymixiiformes-stub