2010 in paleoichthyology
Fishes
Newly named jawless vertebrates
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Arctictenaspis | Valid | Elliott & Blieck | Devonian | Peel Sound Formation | A member of Ctenaspidae. The type species is "Ctenaspis" obruchevi Dineley ; genus also includes "Ctenaspis" russelli Dineley and "Ctenaspis" ornata Dineley. | ||
Ariaspis arctata | Valid |
| Late Silurian | A heterostracan. | |||
Zaphoctenaspis | Valid | Elliott & Blieck | Devonian | Sevy Dolomite | A member of Ctenaspidae. The type species is Z. meemannae. |
Newly named placoderms
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Bryantolepis williamsi | Valid |
| Early Devonian | Water Canyon Formation | A member of Arthrodira, a species of Bryantolepis. | ||
Dolganosteus | Valid | Mark-Kurik | Early Devonian | A member of Rhenanida. Genus includes new species D. remotus. | |||
Merimbulaspis | Valid | Young | Devonian | A member of Antiarchi belonging to the group Asterolepidoidei. Genus includes new species M. meemannae. | |||
Potangaspis | Valid |
| early Emsian | Yukiang Formation | An antarctaspid arthrodire. The species is P. parvoculatus. |
Newly named cartilaginous fishes
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Akaimia | Valid |
| Callovian – Oxfordian | Ogrodzieniec | A primitive carpet shark. | ||
Avonacanthus | Valid |
| Early Carboniferous | A member of Elasmobranchii, possibly a heslerodid; a new genus for "Ctenacanthus" brevis Agassiz. | |||
Cretorectolobus robustus | Valid |
| Cenomanian | ||||
Denaea saltsmani | Valid |
| Carboniferous | A member of Symmoriiformes, possibly a member of Stethacanthidae; a species of Denaea. | |||
Denaea williamsi | Valid |
| Carboniferous | A member of Symmoriiformes, possibly a member of Stethacanthidae; a species of Denaea. | |||
Edaphodon hesperis | Valid |
| Campanian | Haslam Formation | A holocephalan, a species of Edaphodon. | ||
Eoscymnus | Valid |
| Late Cretaceous to Eocene | An eoscymnid squaliform. The type species is Eoscymnus anthonisi. | |||
Eostriatolamia paucicorrugata | Valid |
| Cenomanian | ||||
Foumtizia deschutteri | Valid |
| Eocene | A catshark or a houndshark, a species of Foumtizia. | |||
Jiaodontus | Valid |
| Oxfordian | Qigu Formation | A lonchidiid hybodontiform. | ||
Meristodonoides | Valid |
| Aptian to Maastrichtian | A new genus for "Hybodus" rajkovichi. Other species included in this genus are: "Hybodus" butleri, "Hybodus" montanensis and "Hybodus" novojerseyensis. | |||
Orectoloboides angulatus | Valid |
| Cenomanian | ||||
Orectoloboides gijseni | Valid |
| Eocene | A wobbegong. | |||
Palaeogenotodus | Junior synonym |
| Early Cretaceous to Eocene | Initially thought to be an eoptolamnid lamniform, subsequently assigned to Otodontidae. The type species is Paleogenotodus luypaertsi. Herman and Van Waes considered the genus Palaeogenotodus to be a synonym of the genus Otodus; the authors retained the type species P. luypaertsi as a distinct species within the genus Otodus. | |||
Palaeoxyris friessi | Valid | Ladinian | Erfurt Formation | Egg capsule of a probable hybodont shark. | |||
Ptychodus rhombodus | Valid |
| Cenomanian | ||||
Roulletia canadensis | Valid |
| Cenomanian | ||||
Telodontaspis | Valid |
| Cenomanian | The type species is Telodontaspis agassizensis. Newbrey et al. considered this genus to be a junior synonym of the genus Cretoxyrhina, though they maintained the species T. agassizensis as a separate species within the genus Cretoxyrhina. | |||
Titanonarke | Valid | de Carvalho | Eocene | Monte Bolca | An electric ray. The type species is "Narcine" molini Jaekel. | ||
Triaenodon willei | Valid |
| Eocene | A relative of the whitetip reef shark. | |||
Urobatis molleni | Valid |
| Eocene | Aalter Formation | A stingray, a species of Urobatis. | ||
Welcommia cappettai | Valid |
| Middle Oxfordian | A synechodontiform shark, a species of Welcommia. |
Newly named bony fishes
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
Acanthocepola sicca | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A bandfish, a species of Acanthocepola. | |||
Alaconger | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
| Late Cretaceous to Eocene | A member of Congridae. The type species is Alaconger triquetrus; genus also contains A. eocaenicus. | |||
Amblyeleotris radwanskaae | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A goby, a species of Amblyeleotris. | |||
Ampheristus brevicauda | Sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A cusk-eel, a species of Ampheristus. | |||
Ampheristus traunensis | Sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A cusk-eel, a species of Ampheristus. | |||
Aphia weinbrechti | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A relative of the transparent goby. | |||
Archaeotetraodon bannikovi | Valid |
| Miocene | A member of Tetraodontidae, a species of Archaeotetraodon. | |||
Archaeotetraodon dicarloi | Valid |
| Miocene | A member of Tetraodontidae, a species of Archaeotetraodon. | |||
Archaeotetraodon zafaranai | Valid |
| Miocene | A member of Tetraodontidae, a species of Archaeotetraodon. | |||
Archaulopus | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A greeneye. The type species is Archaulopus acutus. | |||
Argentina voigti | Sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A herring smelt, a species of Argentina. | |||
Argyroberyx | Gen. et comb. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | ? | A relative of spinyfins. A new genus for "Otolithus " dentatus Liebus ; genus might also contain "? Caproidarum" dockeryi Nolf & Stringer. | ||
Ateleopus ariejansseni | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A jellynose fish, a species of Ateleopus. | |||
Ateleopus nolfi | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A jellynose fish, a species of Ateleopus. | |||
Atlantoceratodus patagonicus | Valid |
| Late Cretaceous | Allen Formation | A lungfish, a species of Atlantoceratodus. | ||
Auriculithus | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A member of Sternoptychidae. The type species is Auriculithus pattersoni. | |||
Bannikovperca | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | Initially classified as a member of Perciformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member of Percoidei; subsequently reinterpreted as a slimehead. The type species is Bannikovperca apula. | |||
Bathycongrus teredophilus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Congridae, a species of Bathycongrus. | |||
Bathyuroconger sincerus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Congridae, a species of Bathyuroconger. | |||
Bavariconger | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous to Paleocene | A member of Congridae. The type species is Bavariconger pollerspoecki. | |||
Bavariscopelus | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
| Late Cretaceous to Paleocene | Originally considered to be a lanternfish; subsequently only classified as a member of Myctophiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement by Schwarzhans. The type species is Bavariscopelus bispinosus; genus also contains "genus Apogonidarum" vetustus Nolf. | |||
Beauryia | Gen. et sp. et comb? nov |
| Late Cretaceous | ? | A relative of spinyfins. The type species is Beauryia medialis; genus might also contain ? B. obovatus from the Late Cretaceous of Carinthia. | ||
Bellwoodilabrus | Valid |
| Eocene | Monte Bolca locality | A wrasse. The type species is Bellwoodilabrus landinii. | ||
Blennius dividatus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A combtooth blenny, a species of Blennius. | |||
Bollmannia nubila | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A goby, a species of Bollmannia. | |||
Bonnerichthys | Valid |
| Cenomanian | Niobrara Chalk Formation | A gigantic pachycormid fish, a new genus for "Portheus" gladius. | ||
Bullichthys | Valid |
| Lower Cretaceous | Santana Formation | An albuliform fish. The species is B. santanensis. | ||
Cataetyx cautus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A viviparous brotula, a species of Cataetyx. | |||
Caucasiganus | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Eocene and early Oligocene | A rabbitfish. The type species is Caucasiganus eocaenicus from the Eocene of Russia; genus also includes second, unnamed species from the early Oligocene of Iran. | |||
Chelidonichthys mistensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A smallscaled gurnard. | |||
Ciliata crimmeni | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Lotidae, a species of Ciliata. | |||
Coelorinchus supramedianus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A grenadier, a species of Coelorinchus. | |||
Deltentosteus eggenburgensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A goby, a species of Deltentosteus. | |||
Diaphus extremus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. | |||
Diaphus guersi | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. | |||
Diaphus simplex | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A lanternfish, a species of Diaphus. | |||
Dibranchus auriculatus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Ogcocephalidae, a species of Dibranchus. | |||
Diretmus primus | Sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A spinyfin related to the silver spinyfin. | |||
Encheliophis woltrupensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A pearlfish, a species of Encheliophis. | |||
Enchodus zimapanensis | Valid |
| Albian to Cenomanian | El Doctor Formation | An enchodontid aulopiform, a species of Enchodus. | ||
Engyophrys arnoldmuelleri | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Bothidae, a species of Engyophrys. | |||
Gadichthys serratus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Gadidae, a species of Gadichthys. | |||
Gadichthys syltensis abruptus | Subsp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Gadidae, a subspecies of Gadichthys syltensis. | |||
Gadiculus deurnensis compactus | Subsp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Gadidae, a subspecies of Gadiculus deurnensis. | |||
Gadiculus deurnensis macer | Subsp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Gadidae, a subspecies of Gadiculus deurnensis. | |||
Gobius rudis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A goby, a species of Gobius. | |||
Gobius simplicissimus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A goby, a species of Gobius. | |||
Gobius tenuisulcus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A goby, a species of Gobius. | |||
Gymnogeophagus eocenicus | Valid |
| Eocene | Lumbrera Formation | A cichlid, a species of Gymnogeophagus. | ||
"genus Hemiramphidarum" insolitus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A halfbeak of uncertain generic assignment. | |||
Holocentronotus | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
| Late Cretaceous to Eocene | A member of Holocentridae. The type species is Holocentronotus percomorphus; genus also contains H. palasulcatus, H. ventriosus and H. amplus, all from the Eocene of New Zealand. | |||
Hoplobrotula tenuinotata | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A cusk-eel, a species of Hoplobrotula. | |||
Hoplunnis massivus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Nettastomatidae, a species of Hoplunnis. | |||
Hygophum brzobohatyi | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A lanternfish, a species of Hygophum. | |||
Hyporhamphus ronaldjansseni | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A halfbeak, a species of Hyporhamphus. | |||
Isozen | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
| Late Cretaceous to Paleocene | A member of Zeiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, related to the family Parazenidae. The type species is Isozen beateae; genus also contains "genus Zeiformorum" tyleri Nolf 2003 and "genus Zeiformorum" janni Schwarzhans. | |||
Johnsonperca | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A member of Perciformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member of Percoidei. The type species is Johnsonperca annavaccarii. | |||
Kathetostoma drusianus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A stargazer, a species of Kathetostoma. | |||
Kokenichthys | Gen. et comb. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A member of Osteoglossiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "genus ? Albulidarum" ensis Nolf & Dockery. | |||
Lagosiganus | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Eocene | Kuma Horizon | A rabbitfish. The type species is Lagosiganus parinterneuralis. | ||
Lamprogrammus joergennielseni | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A cusk-eel, a species of Lamprogrammus. | |||
Lavinia lugaskii | Valid |
| Middle Miocene | Aldrich Station Formation | A cyprinid fish, a species of Lavinia. | ||
Lepidotrigla dingdenensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A sea robin, a species of Lepidotrigla. | |||
Lepidotrigla modica | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A sea robin, a species of Lepidotrigla. | |||
Lepidotrigla necrophagus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A sea robin, a species of Lepidotrigla. | |||
Lepidotrigla vierlandica | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A sea robin, a species of Lepidotrigla. | |||
Macropycnodon | Valid |
| Upper Cretaceous | Mancos Shale Formation | A gigantic pycnodont fish. | ||
Magnigena | Valid | Forey & Hilton | Paleocene | Umm Himar Formation | An arowana. Genus includes new species M. arabica. | ||
Microgadus ipswichensis | Sp. nov |
| Middle Pliocene | A member of Gadidae, a species of Microgadus. | |||
Mesobius lohneensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A grenadier, a species of Mesobius. | |||
Morone exercitus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A temperate bass, a species of Morone. | |||
Morone sororius | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A temperate bass, a species of Morone. | |||
Myrichthys valens | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Ophichthidae, a species of Myrichthys. | |||
Nigerium tamaguelense | Sp. nov |
| Early Eocene | A catfish belonging to the family Claroteidae. | |||
Notoscopelus ostiolatus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A lanternfish, a species of Notoscopelus. | |||
Oblada torneschensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A relative of the saddled seabream. | |||
Oliganodon | Gen. et comb. nov |
| Oligocene | Abkhazia | A member of Percoidei. Genus includes "Smerdis" budensis Heckel and "Serranus" comparabilis Daniltshenko. However, Prokofiev already established a new genus Oligoserranoides for these two species. | ||
Orrichthys | Valid |
| Eocene | Monte Bolca locality | A handfish. The type species is Orrichthys longimanus. | ||
Owstonia badenensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A bandfish, a species of Owstonia. | |||
Pagrus vandornicki | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Sparidae, a species of Pagrus. | |||
Palaeostomias | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A relative of barbeled dragonfishes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Palaeostomias praematurus. | |||
Pampus pampauensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Stromateidae, a species of Pampus. | |||
Pampus uedemensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Stromateidae, a species of Pampus. | |||
Paralichthys transatlanticus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Paralichthyidae, a species of Paralichthys. | |||
Parascombrops malzi | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Acropomatidae, a species of Parascombrops. | |||
"genus aff. Parascombrops" postgeron | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Acropomatidae related to members of the genus Parascombrops. | |||
Paratrisopterus glaber | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Gadidae, a species of Paratrisopterus. | |||
Peprilus hoedemakersi | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Stromateidae, a species of Peprilus. | |||
Peristedion menzeli | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | An armored searobin, a species of Peristedion. | |||
Pfeilichthys | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A relative of members of the family Holocentridae. The type species is Pfeilichthys pfeili. | |||
Pisodonophis cetacephalus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Ophichthidae, a species of Pisodonophis. | |||
Plesioheros | Valid |
| Eocene | Lumbrera Formation | A cichlid belonging to the tribe Heroini. The type species is P. chauliodus. | ||
Plesiopoma | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A member of Acropomatidae. The type species is Plesiopoma otiosa; genus also contains P. anhaltinus, P. weinbergeri and P. bilottei. | |||
Polazzodus | Valid |
| Late Cretaceous | A pycnodont fish. The species is P. coronatus. | |||
Pollerspoeckia | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A relative of members of the genus Pterothrissus. The type species is Pollerspoeckia siegsdorfensis; genus also contains P. rotunda and P. bagassianus. | |||
"genus Polymixiidarum" beauryi | Sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A Polymixiidae. Assigned to the genus Cowetaichthys by Schwarzhans, Huddleston & Takeuchi. | |||
Pomatoschistus flensburgensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A goby, a species of Pomatoschistus. | |||
Ponticola wiesenensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A goby, a species of Ponticola. | |||
Potamoceratodus | Valid |
| Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | A lungfish, a new genus for "Ceratodus" guentheri. | ||
Prionotus chamavensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A sea robin, a species of Prionotus. | |||
Prionotus europaeus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A sea robin, a species of Prionotus. | |||
Pristigenys hermani | Valid |
| Middle Eocene | A priacanthid, a species of Pristigenys. | |||
Pristigenys schiecki | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A priacanthid, a species of Pristigenys. | |||
Protobathylagus | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A deep-sea smelt. The type species is Protobathylagus effusus. | |||
Protobythites | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A cusk-eel. The type species is Protobythites brzobohatyi. | |||
Pteralbula foreyi | Sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | ? | Originally described as a species of Pteralbula, but subsequently transferred to the genus Pterothrissus. | ||
Qingmenodus | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Devonian | Posongchong Formation | A member of Onychodontida. The type species is Q. yui. | ||
Rhinconichthys | Valid |
| Cenomanian | A gigantic pachycormid fish. The species is Rhinconichthys taylori | |||
Rhinonemus gaemersi | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Lotidae, a species of Rhinonemus. | |||
Rhombichthys | Valid |
| Cenomanian | Ein Yabrud | A double-armored member of the Ellimmichthyiformes. | ||
Rhynchoconger accentuatus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Congridae, a species of Rhynchoconger. | |||
"genus aff. Rhynchoconger" piger | Sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A member of Congridae related to members of the genus Rhynchoconger. | |||
Robinsondipterus | Valid | Long | Late Devonian | Gogo Formation | A holodontid lungfish. The type species is "Holodipterus" longi Campbell & Barwick. | ||
Saccogaster vonderhochti | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A viviparous brotula, a species of Saccogaster. | |||
Sciaena abotrita | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Sciaenidae, a species of Sciaena. | |||
Sciaena achimensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Sciaenidae, a species of Sciaena. | |||
Sciaenops cimbricus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Sciaenidae, a species of Sciaenops. | |||
Shuleichthys | Valid |
| Cretaceous | A osteoglossomorph fish. The species is S. brachypteryx. | |||
Sillaginocentrus | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A relative of members of the family Holocentridae. The type species is Sillaginocentrus alienus. | |||
Solea ijsselanus | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Soleidae, a species of Solea. | |||
Solea wolfi | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Soleidae, a species of Solea. | |||
Trachinus wettenensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A weever, a species of Trachinus. | |||
Traubiella | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A relative of members of the family Holocentridae. The type species is Traubiella anagoformis. | |||
Traunichthys | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A possible relative of ridgeheads. The type species is Traunichthys pfeili. | |||
Trigla vandervoorti | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A relative of the piper gurnard. | |||
Triglopsis chaucensis | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Cottidae, a species of Triglopsis. | |||
Xeradipterus | Valid |
| Late Devonian | Gogo Formation | A holodontid lungfish. | ||
Zeugopterus martinii | Sp. nov |
| Miocene | A member of Scophthalmidae, a species of Zeugopterus. | |||
Zorzinperca | Gen. et sp. nov |
| Late Cretaceous | A member of Perciformes belonging to the group Percoidei, a relative of Nardoichthys. The type species is Zorzinperca weverberghi. |