Gebrayelichthys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of Pycnodontiform fish}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|cenomanian|cenomanian|Lower Cenomanian}}

| image = Gebrayelichthys.jpg

| image_caption = G. uyenoi (left)
G. vexillarius (right)

| taxon = Gebrayelichthys

| authority = Nursall & Capasso, 2004

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * Gebrayelichthys uyenoi Nursall & Capasso, 2004

• Gebrayelichthys verticalis Nursall & Capasso, 2004

}}

Gebrayelichthys is a genus of pycnodontiform fish of the family Gebrayelichthyidae. It comprises two species, Gebrayelichthys uyenoi and Gebrayelichthys verticalis.{{cite journal|last1=Nursall|first1=J. Ralph|last2=Capasso|first2=Luigi|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268001677|title=Gebrayelichthys (novum), an extraordinary genus of neopterygian fishes from the Cenomanian of Lebanon|journal=Mesozoic Fishes 3 – Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity|pages=317–340|date=January 2004}} Their extremely deep body shape is unique among known fishes, only comparable to some Paleogene tetraodontiformes, and suggests an ostraciiform locomotion.{{cite journal|doi=10.1002/ece3.7168 |title=Rise and fall of †Pycnodontiformes: Diversity, competition and extinction of a successful fish clade |date=2021 |last1=Cawley |first1=John J. |last2=Marramà |first2=Giuseppe |last3=Carnevale |first3=Giorgio |last4=Villafaña |first4=Jaime A. |last5=López-Romero |first5=Faviel A. |last6=Kriwet |first6=Jürgen |journal=Ecology and Evolution |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=1769–1796 |pmid=33614003 |pmc=7882952 |bibcode=2021EcoEv..11.1769C }}