See text Araripichthys is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived from the Aptian to Coniacian stages of the Cretaceous period.

[1] The genus is named after the Araripe Basin, where it was found in the Crato and Santana Formations.

[2] It contains the following species: Based on the stratigraphy and location of these fossils, it has been suggested that Araripichthys originated in what is now either the Pacific or Caribbean region in the early Cretaceous, and dispersed eastwards to the Tethyan region, where it survived until later in the Cretaceous.

An affinity to the genera Ferrifrons and Acanthichthys from the Late Cretaceous of North America has been suggested by some studies.

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