Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes

Full reference: T. Su. 1978. [A new Triassic palaeoniscoid fish from Fukang, Sinkiang]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 13:55-59

Parent taxon: Palaeonisciformes according to T. Su 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agecephalichthys, Amblypterina, Arratiaichthys, Atherstoniidae, Blanzychthys, Boreolepidae, Borichthys, Brachypareion, Brazilichthyidae, Browneichthys, Burbonella, Caelatichthys, Canobiidae, Cornuboniscus, Cosmolepis, Cosmoptychiidae, Daedalichthys, Daqingshaniscus, Decazella, Dorsolepis, Dorypteroidei, Drydenius, Gardinerichthys, Gyrolepidoides, Holuridae, Huanghelepis, Igornella, Igornichthyidae, Illiniichthys, Kentuckia, Korutichthys, Letovichthys, Luederia, Mansfieldiscus, Neuburgella, Orvikuina, Osorioichthys, Palaeoniscoidei, Palaeothrissum, Paradrydenius, Paragonatodus, Phanerorhynchidae, Plesiococcolepis, Protamblyptera, Psilichthys, Redfieldioidei, Rhabdolepis, Sakamenichthys, Scanilepididae, Sceletophoridae, Songanella, Tanaocrossus, Trissolepididae, Urosthenes, Westollia, Zaxilepis, Zhongweilepis

Subtaxa: Fukangichthys longidorsalis

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Type: Fukangichthys longidorsalis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quanshuigou, Fukang (Triassic of China)

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