Isurichthys
{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}
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| fossil_range =
| image = Isurichthys cf. roumanus Oligozän Jamna Dolna Polen Ch2475a.jpg
| image_caption = †Isurichthys cf. roumanus Baciu and Bannikov 2004 from the Oligocene of Jamna Dolna, Poland
| taxon = Isurichthys
| authority = Woodward, 1901
| synonyms = * Isurus Agassiz, 1842
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Isurichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish,{{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 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archivedate=2011-07-23 }} belonging to the family Ariommatidae.{{cite web | url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36056 | title = †Isurichthys Woodward 1901 (ray-finned fish) | access-date = 1 December 2022 | website = Paleaobiology Database}}
Species
Three species have been classified within the genus Isurichthys:
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| {{extinct}}Isurichthys breviusculus | Bannikov, 2012
| {{extinct}}Isurichthys orientalis | Woodward, 1901
| {{extinct}}Isurichthys macrurus| (Agassiz, 1842)
| {{extinct}}Isurichthys roumanus | Baciu & Bannikov, 2004{{cite journal | author = A.F. Bannikov | year = 2018 | title =A New Genus and Species of Stromateoid Fishes (Perciformes, Stromateoidei) from the Lower Oligocene of the Northern Caucasus | journal = Paleontological Journal | volume = 52 | issue = 6 | pages = 631–638 | doi = 10.1134/S0031030118060035| bibcode = 2018PalJ...52..631B | s2cid = 92290531 }}
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I. orientalis was reclassified by A.F. Bannikov as Rybapina orientalis in 2018, although this appears to have not been generally accepted.{{cite web | url = https://www.mindat.org/taxon-P378909.html | title = Rybapina ✝ | access-date =1 December 2022 | website = MINDAT.ORG}}
References
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Category:Prehistoric percomorph genera
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