Aipichthys Temporal range: Cenomanian,
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A. minor (Pictet 1850) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | †Aipichthyidae |
Genus: | †Aipichthys Steindachner, 1860 |
Species | |
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Aipichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish that is possibly polyphyletic.[1] Formerly classified in the Polymixiiformes, it is now thought to be a distant relative of oarfish and opahs.[2][3]
Five species have traditionally placed within Aipichthys, but a redescription of the type species in 2016 suggested the genus to be polyphyletic, with only the type species as a member of the genus. The other four species were not moved out of the genus by the authors and were referred as `Aipichthys`.