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Rhamphoichthys
Temporal range: Upper Cenomanian, 95–93.5 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tselfatiiformes
Family: Plethodidae
Genus: Rhamphoichthys
Hossny, Cavin, Kaplan, Schwermann, Samankassou & Friedman, 2023
Type species
Rhamphoichthys taxidiotis
Hossny et al, 2023
Species
  • R. taxidiotis Hossny et al, 2023
  • "R. stebbingi" (Woodward, 1909)
  • "R. minor" (Agassiz, 1844)

Rhamphoichthys is an extinct genus of billfish-like plethodid ray-finned fish from Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian). It contains one valid species, R. taxidiotis from the Hesseltal Formation of Germany and the Sannine Formation of Lebanon, in addition to two dubious species (R. minor from England and R. stebbingi from England & Italy) that are considered nomina nuda due to their fragmentary nature.[1][2][3]

Rhamphoichthys was a large, streamlined tselfatiiform fish with an elongated rostrum, akin to those of modern billfish and the co-occurring pachycormid fish Protosphyraena; the English and Italian species are only known from rostral fragments that were previously assigned to Protosphyraena. It is one of the few longirostrine tselfatiiforms known, alongside the more fragmentary Martinichthys from North America. Rhamphoichthys rostra can be differentiated from those of Protosphyraena by being composed of paired bones as opposed to the single "rostrodermethmoid" bone that comprises pachycormid rostra. Much like billfishes, Protosphyraena had an upper jaw longer than the lower jaw and a high, long dorsal fin. However, unlike billfishes, it had a high pectoral fin and large scales on its body.[1]

Rhamphoichthys appears to have been a widespread and common apex predator in the Tethys and Boreal seas. It likely had a very similar ecological role and feeding habits to modern billfishes.[1]

  1. ^ a b c El Hossny, Tamara; Cavin, Lionel; Kaplan, Ulrich; Schwermann, Achim H.; Samankassou, Elias; Friedman, Matt. "The first articulated skeletons of enigmatic Late Cretaceous billfish-like actinopterygians". Royal Society Open Science. 10 (12): 231296. doi:10.1098/rsos.231296. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 10698480. PMID 38077217.
  2. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  3. ^ Friedman, Matt; Beckett, Hermione T.; Close, Roger A.; Johanson, Zerina (2016). "The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fish Lagerstätten". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 430 (1): 165–200. doi:10.1144/SP430.18. ISSN 0305-8719.

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