| Ikawaihere Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Elopiformes |
| Family: | Megalopidae |
| Genus: | † Ikawaihere |
| Species: | †I. koehleri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ikawaihere koehleri Gottfried et al., 2026 | |
Ikawaihere is an extinct genus of megalopid ray-finned fish that lived in Zealandia during the Palaeogene period.
Ikawaihere koehleri, the type species, is distinguished from other megalopids in possessing an elongate body, a relatively low-profile head, a high and strongly developed coronoid process of the mandible, an enlarged median gular, an extra series of anamestic bones in the cheek region, and the continuation of the lateral line scales as a tapering lobe that extend onto the base of the caudal fin. [1]
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