List of years in paleoichthyology |
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Several new fossil taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes were described during the year 2025, which also saw other significant discoveries and events related to paleoichthyology.
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Lin et al. | A member of Galeaspida. Genus includes new species D. longpingi. The generic name is preoccupied by Deanaspis Hughes, Ingham & Addison (1975). | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Newman & Plax | A member of the family Groenlandaspididae. The type species is A. bessonovae. | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Xian et al. | Devonian (Eifelian) | |||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Jobbins et al. | Devonian | A basal dunkleosteid placoderm; a new genus for "Eastmanosteus" lundarensis Hanke, Stewart & Lammers (1996). | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Mark-Kurik et al. | Devonian (Givetian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Luo, Pan & Zhu | Devonian (Eifelian) | A member of Bothriolepidoidei belonging to the family Tubalepididae. The type species is T. concavus. | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Newman & Plax | Devonian (Famennian) | An acanthodian. The type species is A. valiukeviciusi. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Gess & Burrow | Devonian (Famennian) | A diplacanthid acanthodian. The type species is "Diplacanthus" acus Gess (2001). | ![]() | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Duffin & Batchelor | ||||||
Apolithabatis [17] | Gen. et sp. nov | Türtscher et al. | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Painten Formation | ![]() | A ray in the new clade Apolithabatiformes. The type species is A. seioma. | ![]() | |
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Villalobos-Segura et al. | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | A member of Hexanchiformes belonging to the family Orthacodidae. The type species is "Oxyrhina" macer Quenstedt (1851). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Duffin, Lauer & Lauer | A member of Petalodontiformes belonging to the family Janassidae. The type species is B. beaveri. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ota et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A species of Callorhinchus . | ![]() | |||
Sp. nov | Feichtinger et al. | Late Cretaceous | A member of the family Centrophoridae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hodnett et al. | Carboniferous (Viséan) | A member of Petalodontiformes belonging to the family Obruchevodidae. The type species is C. mcginnisi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Brito et al. | Cretaceous | A member of Hybodontiformes belonging to the family Distobatidae. | |||||
Sp. nov | Trikolidi | Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) | Crimea | A carpet shark. Published online in 2025, but the issue date is listed as December 2024. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Saugen et al. | A neoselachian. The type species is E. serrasis. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cicimurri et al. | Oligocene | A species of Galeocerdo . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cicimurri et al. | Oligocene | Catahoula Formation | A species of Hemipristis . | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cicimurri et al. | Oligocene | Catahoula Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Wick & Lehman | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hodnett et al. | Carboniferous (Viséan) | A member of Euchondrocephali of uncertain affinities. The type species is M. olsoni. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Newman & Plax | Devonian (Famennian) | An acanthodian. The type species is M. golubtsovi. | ||||
Sp. nov | Feichtinger et al. | Late Cretaceous | A member of the family Somniosidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Canevet | Miocene (Serravallian) | A thresher shark. Genus includes new species P. follioti. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Dearden et al. | Late Cretaceous | A carpet shark belonging to the stem group of the family Parascylliidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Duffin & Batchelor | Early Cretaceous | Lower Greensand Group | ||||
Pseudorhina clopellensis [16] | Sp. nov | Valid | Duffin & Batchelor | Early Cretaceous | Lower Greensand Group | |||
Pseudorhina magnapraecinctorium [16] | Sp. nov | Valid | Duffin & Batchelor | Early Cretaceous | Lower Greensand Group | |||
Sp. nov | Wick & Lehman | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | ||||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Hodnett et al. | Carboniferous (Tournaisian-Viséan) | A member of Euchondrocephali of uncertain affinities. The type species is "Helodus" coxanus Newberry (1897). | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Newman & Plax | Devonian (Famennian) | Starobin Beds | An acanthodian. The type species is S. pushkini. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cicimurri et al. | Oligocene | Catahoula Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cicimurri et al. | Oligocene | Catahoula Formation | A hammerhead shark. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Carrillo-Briceño et al. | Late Jurassic | Sulzfluh Limestone Formation | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Saugen et al. | Early Triassic | Vikinghøgda Formation | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Newman & Plax | Devonian (Famennian) | Starobin Beds | An acanthodian. The type species is V. antipenkoi. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Saugen et al. | Early Triassic | Vikinghøgda Formation | A neoselachian. The type species is W. marmieri. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Artüz & Sakınç | Eocene (Lutetian) | Soğucak Formation | ||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Reichenbacher & Bannikov | Miocene (Serravallian) | A member of the family Oxudercidae. The type species is A. pygmaeus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale | Eocene | A member of Percomorphacea of uncertain affinities. The type species is A. loricatus. | ||||
Antarctichthys [62] | Gen. et sp. nov | Gallo et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Snow Hill Island Formation | Antarctica | A member of the family Dercetidae. The type species is A. longipectoralis. | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lund, Grogan & Jacob | Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) | An early ray-finned fish. Genus includes new species A. ossuous. | ![]() | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Brinkman et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A member of the family Esocidae. The type species is A. gilmulli. | ||||
Sp. nov | Amalfitano et al. | Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian–Barremian) | ||||||
Britosteus [66] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Martinelli et al. | Late Cretaceous | Adamantina Formation | ![]() | A gar. The type species is B. amarildoi. (Named in 2024; final article published in 2025) | |
Buapichthys [67] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Medina-Castañeda, Cantalice & Castañeda-Posadas | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Mexcala Formation | ![]() | A member of Crossognathiformes belonging to the group Pachyrhizodontoidei. The type species is B. gracilis. (Named in 2024; final article published in 2025) | |
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Bean | Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Coccolepididae. The type species is "Coccolepis" australis Woodward (1895); genus also includes "Coccolepis" woodwardi Waldman (1971). | ![]() | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ebert & López-Arbarello | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian and Tithonian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Guadarrama & Cantalice | Paleocene (Danian) | A relative of the milkfish. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bellwood, Bannikov & Zorzin | Eocene | A damselfish. The type species is C. salazzarii. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Cantalice et al. | A species of Chilomycterus . | |||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Reichenbacher & Bannikov | Miocene (Serravallian) | A member of the family Oxudercidae. The type species is C. conicus; genus also includes C. robustus. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Davesne & Carnevale | Eocene | A member of Percomorpha of uncertain affinities. The type species is D. volans. | ![]() | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale | Eocene | Chiusole Formation | A medusafish. The type species is E. bizzarinii. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale | Eocene | Chiusole Formation | A lanternfish. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale | Eocene | Chiusole Formation | A member of Percomorphacea of uncertain affinities. The type species is E. tenebrae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Aguilera, De Gracia, Rodriguez & Buckup in Aguilera et al. | Miocene | A species of Etelis . | ||||
Ferruaspis [75] | Gen. et sp. nov | McCurry et al. | Middle Miocene | McGraths Flat | ![]() | A member of Osmeriformes. The type species is F. brocksi | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schrøder & Carnevale | Eocene | A member of Syngnathoidei belonging to the superfamily Centriscoidea and the family Gerpegezhidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Aguilera et al. | Miocene | A species of Gymnothorax . | |||||
Sp. nov | Conedera et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | ||||||
Sp. nov | Conedera et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Strelovec Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Conedera et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | ||||||
Sp. nov | Conedera et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | ||||||
Sp. nov | Conedera et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | ||||||
Sp. nov | Conedera et al. | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Strelovec Formation | |||||
Sp. nov | Conedera et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Sciliar Formation | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schrøder & Carnevale | A probable member of the stem group of Lampriformes. The type species is I. ulrikii. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Shen | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | An early ray-finned fish. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Murray & Champagne | Oligocene | A flatfish. The type species is K. oregonensis. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale | Eocene | Chiusole Formation | A member of the family Gempylidae. The type species is K. tridentinus. | |||
Landanaelops [82] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Taverne & Smith | Paleocene (Selandian) | Landana Formation | ![]() | A member of the family Elopidae. The type species is L. gunnelli. (Named in 2024; final article published in 2025) | |
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale | Eocene | Chiusole Formation | A member of the family Gempylidae. The type species is L. boschelei. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Reichenbacher & Bannikov | Miocene (Serravallian) | A member of the family Gobiidae. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Plax, Bakaev & Naugolnykh | ||||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Brinkman et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Prince Creek Formation | A member of the family Esocidae. The type species is N. gracilis. | |||
Sp. nov | Kovalchuk et al. | Oligocene (Rupelian) | Menilite Formation | A member of the family Bothidae. | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Kovalchuk et al. | Oligocene (Rupelian) | Menilite Formation | A member of the family Soleidae. Genus includes new species O. carpathica. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bauer & Reichenbacher in Bauer et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Trif & Szabó | Eocene | A member of Pycnodontiformes. | |||||
Comb. nov | (Reuss) | Cretaceous | A member of Pycnodontiformes; moved from "Pycnodus" scrobiculatus Reuss (1844). | |||||
Sp. nov | Stack et al. | Late Triassic (?Norian) | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale | Eocene | Chiusole Formation | A member of the family Gonostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale | Eocene | Chiusole Formation | A member of the family Gonostomatidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Maxwell et al. | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | A member of the family Pachycormidae. | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Brinkman et al. | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Prince Creek Formation | A member of the family Salmonidae. The type species is S. alaskensis. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale | Eocene | Chiusole Formation | A member of the family Phosichthyidae. The type species is S. macrognathus. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Wilson, Mansky & Anderson | Carboniferous (Tournaisian) | An early ray-finned fish. The type species is S. tyche. | |||||
Tahnaichthys [90] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pacheco-Ordaz, Mejía & Alvarado-Ortega | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Tlayúa Formation | ![]() | A member of the family Pycnodontidae. The type species is T. magnuserrata. (Named in 2024; final article published in 2025) | |
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stack, Gottfried & Stocker | Permian (Kungurian) | An early ray-finned fish. The type species is T. dakotaensis. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ebert | Late Jurassic (Tithonian) | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Ebert | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | |||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale | Eocene | Chiusole Formation | A member of the family Gempylidae. The type species is W. diabolica. | |||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Cotton | Oligocene | A species of Acanthocepola . | ||||
Sp. nov | Pindakiewicz et al. | Jurassic | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A combtooth blenny of uncertain generic placement. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Cotton | Oligocene | Pande Formation | A codlet. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Carapus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Chaetodon . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Coelorinchus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Conger . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Gadella . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Gobius . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Gobius. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Hoplunnis . | ||||
Gen. et sp. nov | Pindakiewicz et al. | Jurassic | Genus includes new species J. prodigiosum. | |||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Lesueurigobius . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Neomerinthe . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A relative of the Coralline goby. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Cotton | Oligocene | Pande Formation | A member of the family Gobiidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Pindakiewicz et al. | Jurassic | ||||||
Sp. nov | Pindakiewicz et al. | Jurassic | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Panturichthys . | ||||
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Trif & Schwarzhans in Trif et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian and Campanian) | A possible basal member of Percomorpha. The type species is P. transylvanica; genus also includes "genus Acropomatidarum" bagassianus Nolf (2003) and "genus Haemulidarum" santonianus Nolf (2003). | ||||
Sp. nov | Pindakiewicz et al. | Jurassic | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Cotton | Oligocene | Pande Formation | A member of the family Congridae. | |||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schrøder, Carnevale & Schwarzhans | Paleocene (Selandian) | A member of Argentiniformes. The type species is P. hauniensis. | ||||
Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A member of the family Stromateidae. The type species is "Otolithus (Cantharus?)" tietzei Schubert (1906). | ||||
Sp. nov | Pindakiewicz et al. | Jurassic | ||||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A relative of the Japanese gissu. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Scorpaena . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Serranus . | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Cotton | Oligocene | Pande Formation | A member of the family Serranidae. | |||
Sp. nov | Valid | Schwarzhans & Radwańska | Miocene | A species of Vanneaugobius . | ||||
Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Pindakiewicz et al. | Jurassic | Genus includes new species V. schwarzhansi and V. stringeri. | |||||
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Sp. nov | Goodchild et al. | |||||||
Sp. nov | In press | Smithson et al. | Carboniferous | A lungfish. | ||||
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