Lycopteridae is an extinct family of freshwater osteoglossomorph ray-finned fishes.

Genera

  • Lycoptera Müller, 1848
  • Aokiichthys Yabumoto 1994
  • Changichthys Su 1991
  • Yungkangichthys Chang and Chou 1974

Description

These ray-finned fishes were small, often only a finger's length, with small, almost circular scales.

Distribution

They occurred in East Asian rivers and lakes from the Jurassic to Cretaceous. Fossils of these fishes have been found in China and Japan.

  • Arno Hermann Müller: Lehrbuch der Paläozoologie. Band III, Vertebraten, Teil 1. Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1985
  • Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
  • V.N. Yakovlev International Geology Review - Volume 8, Issue 1, 1966

External links

  • Media related to Lycopteridae at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Lycopteridae at Wikispecies