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Extinct family of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lycopteridae is an extinct family of freshwater osteoglossomorph ray-finned fishes.
Lycopteridae Temporal range: | |
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Lycoptera species from China | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Cohort: | Osteoglossomorpha |
Order: | †Lycopteriformes |
Family: | †Lycopteridae Liu, Su, Huang & Chang, 1963 |
These ray-finned fishes were small, often only a finger's length, with small, almost circular scales.
They occurred in East Asian rivers and lakes from the Jurassic to Cretaceous. Fossils of these fishes have been found in China and Japan.
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