List of years in paleoichthyology |
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This list of fossil fishes described in 2017 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes and other fishes of every kind that are scheduled to be described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of fishes that are scheduled to occur in the year 2017. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Glinskiy in Glinskiy & Nilov | A member of Psammosteida. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Gess & Trinajstic | A member of Arthrodira belonging to the family Groenlandaspididae. | ![]() | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schultze & Cumbaa | A member of Arthrodira belonging to the family Heterosteidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lu, Tan & Wang | Early Devonian | Possibly a relative of Bothriolepis . The type species is H. zhangi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vaškaninová & Ahlberg | A member of Acanthothoraci belonging to the family Palaeacanthaspidae. The type species is S. chlupaci. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vaškaninová & Ahlberg | A member of Acanthothoraci belonging to the family Palaeacanthaspidae. The type species is T. inopinatus. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Engelbrecht et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Engelbrecht et al. | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ivanov & Duffin in Ivanov, Duffin & Naugolnykh | A member of Euselachii of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is A. prominens. | ![]() | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Leuzinger et al. | A member of the family Hybodontidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Figueroa & Gallo | Permian (Cisuralian) | Pedra de Fogo Formation | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Duffin & Ward | Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup | A janassid petalodont. Genus includes new species C. cristatus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bogan et al. | A species of Echinorhinus . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Canevet in Canevet & Lebrun | Miocene | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engelbrecht et al. | A member of the family Dalatiidae. Genus includes new species E. austrinalis. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engelbrecht et al. | A houndshark. The type species is K. rhytistemma. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Ivanov | Early Permian | A member of Symmoriiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Cobelodus" obliquus Ivanov (2005). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engelbrecht et al. | A houndshark. The type species is M. cristatus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Duffin & Milàn | A chimaera belonging to the group Myriacanthoidei and the family Myriacanthidae. The type species is O. bornholmensis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chabain et al. | Late Oligocene-late Miocene | A species of Potamotrygon . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chabain et al. | Late Oligocene-late Miocene | A species of Potamotrygon . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Chabain et al. | Late Oligocene-late Miocene | A species of Potamotrygon . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pollerspöck & Straube | Neuhofener Beds | A catshark. The type species is P. nonstriatus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Case et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Figueroa & Gallo | Permian (Cisuralian) | Pedra de Fogo Formation | A member of Euselachii, possibly a member of the family Sphenacanthidae. Genus includes new species R. diplotuberculatus. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Figueroa & Gallo | Permian (Cisuralian) | Pedra de Fogo Formation | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Underwood, Kolmann & Ward | A member of Myliobatiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Myliobatis" sulcidens Darteville & Casier (1943). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Marramà et al. | A numbfish. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Pauliv et al. | Permian (probably Capitanian) | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | A relative of the extant viviparous brotula genus Dinematichthys . The type species is A. vestalis. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A goby related to the transparent goby. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A species of Aulopus . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bemis et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay Shale Formation | A member of Tetraodontiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species A. molaris. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Davesne | Middle to late Eocene | A crestfish. The type species is B. olneyi. | ![]() | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A species of Bathypterois . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A goby, possibly a tadpole goby. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A tadpole goby. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Romano et al. | ![]() | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gouiric-Cavalli et al. | A ray-finned fish belonging to the group Redfieldiiformes. The type species is C. tehul. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A species of Callanthias . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vernygora et al. | A relative of Dercetis . Genus includes new species C. padillai. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | A species of Centroberyx . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Frederickson & Cifelli | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | A lungfish. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Frederickson & Cifelli | Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) | A lungfish. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Frederickson & Cifelli | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A lungfish. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Frederickson & Cifelli | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A lungfish. | ||||
Sp. nov | Aguilera, Carrillo-Briceño & Rodriguez in Aguilera et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Chilomycterus . | |||||
Sp. nov | Aguilera, Carrillo-Briceño & Rodriguez in Aguilera et al. | Late Miocene | A species of Chilomycterus . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | A member of Soleidae. The type species is C. fudoujii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin et al. | A species of Coryphaenoides . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Núñez-Flores et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Castillo Formation | A member of Sciaenidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Přikryl & Carnevale | A bristlemouth, a species of Cyclothone . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Malabarba & Di Dario | Morro do Chaves Formation | A member of Clupeiformes related to wolf herrings and anchovies. Genus includes new species C. nelsoni. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vullo et al. | A member of Pycnodontiformes related to Polygyrodus . The type species is D. lamberti. | |||||
Sp. nov | Aguilera, Carrillo-Briceño & Rodriguez in Aguilera et al. | Middle Miocene | A species of Diodon . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A goby, a species of Economidichthys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Holloway et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Nazarkin | Miocene (Serravallian‒Tortonian) | A species of Enophrys . | ||||
Sp. nov | Wu et al. | A climbing gourami. The type species is E. thibetana. | ![]() | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vullo et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) | Eastern Ouled Abdoun Basin | A member of Pycnodontiformes related to Polygyrodus . The type species is E. cattoi. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Kovalchuk, Wilson & Grande | Early Pleistocene | A species of Esox . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | A species of Eurypleuron . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Cavin et al. | A coelacanth belonging to the family Latimeriidae. The type species is F. maxkuhni. | ![]() | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Přikryl & Reichenbacher in Reichenbacher et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Grădianu et al. | A species of Gonostoma . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stumpf et al. | A member of Pycnodontiformes. The type species is G. aureum. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | A species of Gymnogobius . | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A goby. The type species is H. reductus; genus also includes "Hyrcanogobius" hesperis Schwarzhans, Bradić & Rundić (2015). | ||||
Heteroconger? mataura [89] | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | Possibly a species of Heteroconger . | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Žalohar & Hitij | Middle Miocene | A member of the family Syngnathidae related to Haliichthys taeniophorus . The type species is H. edis. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martín-Abad & Poyato-Ariza | A member of Amiiformes. Genus includes new species H. newbreyi. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhu et al. | A member of Tetrapodomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is H. chowi. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Minikh & Andrushkevich | Late Permian | Poldarsa/Poldarskaya Formation | A ray-finned fish belonging to the group Eurynotoidiformes. Originally described as a species of Isadia , but subsequently made the type species of the separate genus Vologdinia. [118] | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Capasso | Limestones of Pietraroja | A member of Halecomorphi belonging to the group Ionoscopiformes. The type species is I. derasmoi. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Baykina & Schwarzhans | Miocene | A member of Clupeidae. The type species is "Sardinella" perrata Daniltshenko (1970); genus also includes Karaganops komochtitziensis (Strashimirov, 1985). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cantalice & Alvarado-Ortega | A member of Percomorpha of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species K. castroi. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A goby, a species of Knipowitschia . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | A member of the family Percophidae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mickle | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | An early member of Actinopterygii. The type species is L. pectinatus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Flannery Sutherland et al. | Lower Weald Clay Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Flannery Sutherland et al. | Lower Weald Clay Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A species of Lesueurigobius . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin et al. | A species of Lesueurigobius . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | A relative of the flathead pygmy-stargazer. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | A species of Liza . | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Arratia | A new genus for "Pholidophorus" gervasuttii Zambelli (1980). | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | A species of Lotella . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Přikryl & Carnevale | A member of the family Batrachoididae. The type species is L. novosadi. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Taverne & Steurbaut | A new genus for "Pholidophorus" friedeni Delsate (1999). | |||||
"Merluccius" rattazzii [100] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lin et al. | A member of the family Merlucciidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A species of Microdesmus . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Pomahaka Formation | A species of Micropercops . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baykina & Schwarzhans | Miocene | A member of Alosinae. Genus includes new species M. switshenskae. Baykina & Schwarzhans (2017) also listed "Clupea" gomotartziensis Strashimirov (1985) as a possible species belonging to this genus, but subsequently this species was moved to the genus Maeotichthys . [128] | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | A species of Moringua . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A species of Myripristis . | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | A member of the family Polymixiidae. The type species is N. pulvinata. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen, Cen & Liu | A member of Cyprinidae. The type species is N. wui. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Lin et al. | A species of Neobythites . | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Waihoaka Formation | A species of Neobythites . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bratishko, Kovalchuk & Schwarzhans | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Brito, Alvarado-Ortega & Meunier | Sabinal Formation | A gar. The type species is N. mexicanus. | ![]() | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | A member of Berycidae. The type species is N. nishimotoi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mann et al. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | A species of Optivus . | |||
Gen. etp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | A member of Gobioidei, possibly a goby. The type species is O. cascus. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | A species of Pagellus . | |||||
Sp. nov. | Valid | Alvarado-Ortega & Melgarejo-Damián | A member of Clupeomorpha belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes and the family Paraclupeidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Gierl & Reichenbacher | Chapelcorner Fish Bed | A stem-freshwater sleeper. The original spelling of the species name, Paralates chapelcorneri, was subsequently corrected to P. chapelcornerensis. [135] | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A member of the family Soleidae; a new genus for "Rhombus" serbicus Anđelković (1966). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Núñez-Flores et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Castillo Formation | A member of Sciaenidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Arratia | ||||||
Pontinus? karasawai [99] | Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | A scorpionfish, possibly a species of Pontinus . | |||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ahnelt, Carnevale & Japundžić in Schwarzhans et al. | Miocene | A goby. The type species is P. squamatus; genus also includes P. strashimirovi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bannikov, Carnevale & Popov | A member of the family Syngnathidae. The type species is P. polypterus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lu et al. | A stem-sarcopterygian. The type species is P. brachynotus. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | El-Sayed et al. | Birket Qarun Formation | A member of Ariidae. The type species is Q. hitanensis. | ![]() | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | A species of Rhynchoconger . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | A species of Rhynchoconger . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sferco et al. | A member of Anablepidae. Genus includes new species S. pacha. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | A member of Beryciformes belonging to the suborder Berycoidei. The type species is S. kishimaensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Chatton Formation | A relative of the South American pilchard. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Ohe & Ando | Early Oligocene | A species of Saurida . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Maxwell & Stumpf | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Maxwell & Stumpf | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cawley & Kriwet | A member of Pycnodontidae. The type species is S. naishi. | ![]() | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Wilson | Early Eocene | A species of Scleropages . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vullo et al. | Eastern Ouled Abdoun Basin | A member of Pycnodontiformes related to Polygyrodus . The type species is S. secans. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Choo et al. | Silurian (late Ludlow) | An early bony fish, probably a stem-sarcopterygian. The type species is S. tingi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ma & Xu | A member of Halecomorphi belonging to the group Ionoscopiformes. The type species is S. triassicus. | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Marramà et al. | Ankitokazo Basin | A non-perleidiform member of Actinopterygii. A new genus for "Perleidus" madagascariensis Piveteau (1934); genus also includes "Perleidus" woodwardi, "Perleidus" stoschiensis, "Perleidus" lutoensis and "Perleidus" lehmani. | ![]() | |||
Gen. et et comb. sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Chatton Formation | A member of the family Congridae. The type species is "Scalanago" fastigatus Schwarzhans (1980); genus also includes "Mystriophis" obliquum Stinton (1957), Tonganago sagittisulcatus (Schwarzhans, 1980) and a new species T. coplandi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard | Late Oligocene | Waihoaka Formation | A species of Trachyrincus . | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sferco et al. | A member of Anablepidae. Genus includes new species T. cionei. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Altner et al. | Late Miocene | A cichlid belonging to the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae. Genus includes new species T. pickfordi. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans | Genus includes new species W. lapugiensis. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Longrich | Late Eocene | A stem-lepidosireniform lungfish. The type species is X. labyrinthus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tan | Carboniferous (late Namurian) | A member of Palaeonisciformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Z. macilentus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Bannikov & Bellwood | Monte Bolca locality | A wrasse. The type species is Z. furcatus. | ||||
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