Gonorynchidae

Gonorynchidae Temporal range: Albian–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Gonorynchus gonorynchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gonorynchiformes
Family:	Gonorynchidae Fowler, 1941 [1]
Type genus
Gonorynchus Scopoli, 1777 [2]
Synonyms
Gonorhynchidae Richardson, 1848 [a]

Gonorynchidae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Gonorynchiformes, which has a number of fossil taxa and one extant genus, Gonorynchus , the beaked salmons. They are an ancient group, with fossils known from as far back as the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. ^{[3] [4]} The family name comes from Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía), meaning "angle", and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos), meaning "snout", referring to the angular snout that the type species use to dig themselves into the sand.

John Richardson is the original author of the family.

Taxonomy

The following genera are known: ^[3]

• † Charitopsis Gayet 1993
• † Charitosomus Hosius & Von Der Marck 1885
• † Gonorynchidarum Rana, 1988 [ otolith]
• Gonorynchus Scopoli, 1777 - beaked salmons ^[2]
• † Hakeliosomus Gayet 1993 (possibly synonymous with Ramallichthys)
• † Judeichthys Gayet 1985 (possibly synonymous with Ramallichthys)
• † Lecceichthys Taverne, 1998
• † Notogoneus Cope 1885 (=†Anormurus Blainville, 1818, †ProtocatostomusWhitfield 1891)
• † Sapperichthys Amaral, Alvardo-Ortega & Brito, 2013 ^[5]
• † Ramallichthys Gayet 1982

An indeterminate gonorynchid (previously classified in Charitosomus) is known from fossil remains from the late Albian or early-mid Cenomanian Kwango Group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[3]

Notes

1. • GonorynchidaeFowler, 1941 is now the accepted name for the family, based on prevailing usage and the ICZN ruling.
   • GonorhynchidaeRichardson, 1848 is a junior synonym and no longer valid.

References

1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . PMID   25543675.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gonorynchidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 November 2024.
3. Taverne, Emmanuel Fara, Mireille Gayet, Louis (2010), "The Fossil Record of Gonorynchiformes", Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships, CRC Press, pp. 173–226, doi:10.1201/b10194-6, ISBN   978-0-429-06156-1 , retrieved 2024-05-09
4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gonorynchidae Richardson, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
5. Cesar R. L. Amaral; Jesús Alvarado-Ortega; Paulo M. Brito (2013). "Sapperichthys gen. nov., a new gonorynchid from the Cenomanian of Chiapas, Mexico" (PDF). In Gloria Arratia; Hans-Peter Schultze; Mark V. H. Wilson (eds.). Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 305–323. ISBN   978-3-89937-159-8.

• Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-17.