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Malakichthys
Taxonomy
Malakichthys was named by Döderlein (1883). It is extant.
It was assigned to Percichthyidae by Ohe (1993); and to Malakichthyidae by Lin and O’Dea (2025).
It was assigned to Percichthyidae by Ohe (1993); and to Malakichthyidae by Lin and O’Dea (2025).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Malakichthys Döderlein |
| 1993 | Malakichthys Ohe p. 181 |
| 2025 | Malakichthys Lin and O’Dea |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Aichi) | M. sp., M. griseus (161449) | |
| Messinian | Panama | M. schwarzhansi (172931) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Taiwan (Taiwan) | M. sp. (237150 237152) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Taiwan (Tainan) | M. sp. (208973) |