''Rhadinichthys'' is an
extinct
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genus of prehistoric
bony fish
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. It is known from several
species that lived in the
Late Devonian
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epoch, the
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carbonifero ...
period (geology), period and the Cisuralian epoch (early Permian) in what is now Europe, South Africa, and North and South America.
Some isolated scales from the Cisuralian of Europe (Belgium, France, Russia) were also referred to this genus.
''Rhadinichthys'' belongs to the family (biology), family Rhadinichthyidae together with ''Cycloptychius'', ''Cyranorhis'', ''Mentzichthys'' and ''Wendyichthys''.
Species
The following species are referred to the genus ''Rhadinichthys''.
*''R. ornatissimus''
(Agassiz, 1835) (type species) [''R. lepturus''
Traquair, 1877]
*''R. alberti''
(Jackson, 1851)
*''R. argentinicus''
Tornquist, 1904
*''R. brevis''
Traquair, 1877
*''R. canobiensis''
Traquair, 1909 [''R. geikei''
Traquair, 1881; ''R. delicatulus''
Traquair, 1881; ''R. elegantulus''
Traquair, 1890]
*''R. carinatus''
(Agassiz, 1835) [''R. tenuicauda''
Traquair, 1877]
*''R. ferox''
Traquair, 1877
*''R. formosus''
Traquair, 1904
*''R. glabrolepis''
Elliott, 2018
*''R. grossarti''
Traquair, 1878
*''R. hancocki''
(Atthey, 1875)
*''R. hibernicus''
Traquair, 1911
*''R. laevis''
Traquair, 1911
*''R. macconochii''
Traquair, 1881
*''R. macrodon''
Traquair, 1877
*''R. monensis''
(Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet, Egerton, 1850)
*''R.''? ''ornatocephalum''
Elliott, 2018
*''R.''? ''plumosum''
Elliott, 2018
*''R.''? ''rioniger''
Beltan, 1977
*''R. silvensis''
Yankevich, 1998
*''R. tuberculatus''
Traquair, 1881
*''R. wardi''
(Young, 1875)
Synonyms
The following species of ''Rhadinichthys'' were subsequently referred to other genera.
*''Rhadinichthys modulus''
Dawson, 1877 → ''Canobius''
*''Rhadinichthys deani''
Eastman, 1908 → ''Kentuckia''
*''Rhadinichthys fusiformis''
Traquair, 1881 → ''Mesopoma''
*''Rhadinichthys devonicus''
Clarke, 1885 → ''Moythomasia''
*''Rhadinichthys reticulatus''
Williams, 1886 → ''Moythomasia''
*''Rhadinichthys planti''
Traquair, 1886 → ''Trawdenia''
See also
* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
References
External links
Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
Palaeonisciformes
Carboniferous Argentina
Fossils of Argentina
Carboniferous Canada
Fossils of Canada
Carboniferous England
Fossils of England
Carboniferous Scotland
Fossils of Scotland
Permian Russia
Fossils of Russia
Carboniferous South Africa
Fossils of South Africa
Permian Uruguay
Fossils of Uruguay
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