''Isurichthys'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
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belonging to the
family
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Ariommatidae
Ariommatidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes which are classified within the suborder Stromateoidei of the order Scombriformes.
Genera
Ariommatidae contains one extant genus and one known extinct genus:
The extinct genus '' Cubariomma' ...
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Species
Three species have been classified within the genus ''Isurichthys'':
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''I. orientalis'' was reclassified by A.F. Bannikov as ''Rybapina orientalis'' in 2018, although this appears to have not been generally accepted.]
References
Prehistoric percomorph genera
Ariommatidae
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