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Ijimaia

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Ijimaia
Temporal range: 14.2–0 Ma Middle Miocene to Present
Deep-water ateleopid fish (I. plicatellus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ateleopodiformes
Family: Ateleopodidae
Genus: Ijimaia
Sauter, 1905

Ijimaia is a genus of jellynose fishes, one of four in the order Ateleopodiformes. The genus occurs in the fossil record since the Middle Miocene.[1]

Species

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The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

References

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  1. ^ BRzoBohatý, Rostislav, and Dirk Nolf. "Revision of the middle Badenian fish otoliths from the Carpathian Foredeep in Moravia (middle Miocene, Czech Republic)." Cybium 42.2 (2018): 143-167.[1]
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ijimaia". FishBase. February 2012 version.