Gonorynchidae

 ( Marine Fish Families ) 

Gonorynchidae is a family of Actinopterygii in the order Gonorynchiformes, which has a number of fossil taxa and one extant genus, Gonorynchus, the Beaked salmon. They are an ancient group, with fossils known from as far back as the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous.

John Richardson is the original author of the family.

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Taxonomy The following genera are known:

• † Charitopsis Gayet 1993
• † Charitosomus Hosius & Von Der Marck 1885
• † Gonorynchidarum Rana, 1988
• Gonorynchus Scopoli, 1777 - beaked salmons
• † Hakeliosomus Gayet 1993 (possibly synonymous with Ramallichthys)
• † Judeichthys Gayet 1985 (possibly synonymous with Ramallichthys)
• † Lecceichthys Taverne, 1998
• † Notogoneus Cope 1885 (=† Anormurus Blainville, 1818, † Protocatostomus Whitfield 1891)
• † Sapperichthys Amaral, Alvardo-Ortega & Brito, 2013
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• † Ramallichthys Gayet 1982

An indeterminate gonorynchid (previously classified in Charitosomus) is known from fossil remains from the late Albian or early-mid Cenomanian Kwango Group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Notes

• Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-17.

Categories: Marine Fish Families, Otocephala Families, Extant Albian First Appearances, Taxa Named By John Richardson, Taxa Named By Henry Weed Fowler

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