Shuleichthys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes}}

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| fossil_range = Aptian
~{{fossil range|125|113}}

| taxon = Shuleichthys

| authority = Murray et al., 2010

| type_species = †Shuleichthys brachypteryx

| type_species_authority = Murray et al., 2010

}}

Shuleichthys brachypteryx is an extinct species of ray-finned fish which existed in China during the Cretaceous period. Fossils of the fish were found in the Aptian Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin.{{cite journal |author=Alison M. Murray, Hai-Lu You & Cuo Peng |year=2010 |title=A new Cretaceous osteoglossomorph fish from Gansu Province, China |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=322–332 |doi=10.1080/02724631003621961|bibcode=2010JVPal..30..322M |s2cid=84159091 }} It is the only species in the genus Shuleichthys and cannot be placed in any order of the Osteoglossomorpha without making that order paraphyletic.