List of prehistoric bony fish genera

This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms.

The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomina dubia), or were not formally published (nomina nuda), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered members of osteichthyes.

This list includes 1,387 generic names.

Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

Technical terms used include:

Leedsichthys , a giant Jurassic pachycormid

Aetheodontus besanensis

Aipichthys velifer

Amyzon aggregatum

Anaethalion knorri

Belonostomus sp.

Caturus velifer

Cyranorhis bergeraci

The lantern fish Ceratoscopelus maderensis is a modern representative of a prehistoric genus

Dapedium politum specimen from Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Eosalmo sp.

Eusthenopteron

Furo longiserratus

Gabanellia

The Opalfish is a modern species of the genus Hemerocoetes ( H. monopterygius )

Italopterus magnificus

Fossil of Lycoptera davidi .

Mioplosus labracoides

Mesturus fossil

Obaichthys decoratus

Reconstruction of Panderichthys

The northern bastard codling, a modern species of Pseudophycis ( P. breviuscula ).

Holotype rostrum of Protosphyraena nitida , a successful genus of middle Cretaceous swordfish (from Hay, 1903).

The round whitefish, a modern species of Prosopium ( P. cylindraceum )

An example of a modern Pontinus species ( P. nematophthalmus )

Rhabdofario lacustris

Saurichthys model

Tetragonolepis

Xiphactinus

Zoarces viviparus is a modern species of the genus Zoarces