Youngichthys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

{{For|the extant genus of gobies|Yongeichthys}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Changhsingian}}

| taxon = Youngichthys

| authority = Wang et Liu, 1981{{cite book|author=Peter Forey|title=History of the Coelacanth Fishes|publisher= Springer-Verlag New York, LLC|year=2008|isbn=978-0-412-78480-4}}

| type_species = {{extinct}}Youngichthys xinghuainsis

| type_species_authority = Wang et Liu, 1981

}}

Youngichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric sarcopterygians or lobe-finned fish from the upper Permian (Changhsingian) comprising a single species, Youngichthys xinghuansis. A single specimen of the fish was discovered in Zhejiang Province, China in 1981.

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