Lycopteridae Temporal range: from Jurassic to Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Lycoptera species from China
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Cohort:	Osteoglossomorpha
Order:	†Lycopteriformes
Family:	†Lycopteridae Liu, Su, Huang & Chang, 1963

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

Genera

Description

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

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

Osteoglossomorpha

see Teleostei
Osteoglossomorpha	see below↓

Osteoglossomorpha

Osteoglossomorpha

†Chandlerichthys †Coriops †Harenaichthys †Jinanichthys †Paralycoptera? †Tanolepis? †Tongxinichthys †Xixiaichthys
†Huashiidae	Huashia Kuntulunia
†Lycopteridae	Jiuquanichthys Kokuraichthys? Kuyangichthys Lycoptera
Hiodontiformes	Hiodon †Jiaohichthys †Kokuraichthys? †Plesiolycoptera †Yanbiania

†Chanopsis †Chauliopareion †Singida
†Phareodontinae	Brychaetoides Brychaetus Cretophareodus Magnigena Monopteros Musperia Phareodus Phareodusichthys Phareoides Ridewoodichthys Taverneichthys Xosteoglossid
Arapaiminae	Arapaima Heterotis †Joffrichthys? †Sinoglossus? †Thrissopterus
Osteoglossinae	†Foreyichthys †Heterosteoglossum †Opsithrissops Osteoglossum Scleropages

Petrocephalus
Mormyrinae	Boulengeromyrus Brevimyrus Brienomyrus Campylomormyrus Cryptomyrus Cyphomyrus Genyomyrus Gnathonemus Heteromormyrus Hippopotamyrus Hyperopisus Isichthys Ivindomyrus Marcusenius Mormyrops Mormyrus Myomyrus Paramormyrops Pollimyrus Stomatorhinus

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