Habroichthys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|237|232|Early Ladinian{{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 364 |page=560 | year = 2002 | url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class | accessdate = 2009-02-27 }}}}

| image = Habroichthys griffithi.JPG

| image_caption = Habroichthys griffithi

| taxon = Habroichthys

| authority = Brough, 1939

}}

Habroichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch, 242 to 232 million years ago. It has been found in Austria, China, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland.{{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 364 |page=560 | year = 2002 | url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class | accessdate = 2009-02-27 }} It was a small fish measuring {{cvt|26|cm|in}} long.{{cite book|last1=Rieppel|first1=O.|year=2019|title=Mesozoic Sea Dragons: Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio|pages=67|doi=10.2307/j.ctvd58t86|isbn=978-0253040114|publisher=Indiana University Press|s2cid=241534158 }}

See also

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References

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{{Cite web| url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35119

| title = Habroichthys Brough 1939 (ray-finned fish)

| website = Fossilworks.org

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Category:Middle Triassic fish

Category:Peltopleuriformes

Category:Triassic fish of Europe

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