Powichthys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Devonian}}

| image = Powichthys thorsteinssoni lower jaw.jpg

| image_caption = Lower jaw of P. thorsteinssoni

| taxon = Powichthys

| authority = Jessen, 1975

| type_species = P. thorsteinssoni

| type_species_authority = Jessen, 1975

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * P. spitsbergensis Clément & Janvier 2004

• P. thorsteinssoni Jessen 1975

}}

Powichthys is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Devonian period. It was small in size, about 30 cm.{{Cite web|title=Palaeos Vertebrates: Sarcopterygii: Rhipidistia|url=http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/sarcopterygii/rhipidistia.html#Powichthys|access-date=2020-10-26|website=palaeos.com}} Prior to the discovery of P. spitsbergensis in 2004, the genus was known from a single type species, P. thorsteinssoni.{{Cite journal|last1=Clément|first1=G.|last2=Janvier|first2=P.|date=2004|title=Powichthys spitsbergensis sp. nov., a new member of the Dipnomorpha (Sarcopterygii, lobe-finned fishes) from the Lower Devonian of Spitsbergen, with remarks on basal dipnomorph anatomy.|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00023063|journal=Fossils and Strata|volume=50|pages=92–112|doi=10.18261/9781405169868-2004-07 |isbn=9781405169868 |url-access=subscription}}