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Taxonomy from Fossilworks.org. Revised diagnosis (genus) from CHANG & LIU, 1998 , p. 190: "Small fish with relatively low body depth, laterally compressed, known maximum standard length 63 mm, body depth consisting 27%— 38% of standard length; upper margin of supraoccipital crest thickened, supraoccipital shelf present; orbit comparative large, its diameter longer than antorbital distance, mouth terminal or slightly supraterminal, mouth margin of premaxilla and dentary covered by fine teeth, premaxilla with ascending and articular processes, tiny supramaxilla present, palatine with small teeth; opercular with one spine, preopercular finely serrated posteriorly while its ventral margin with fewer and broader serrations; branchiostegal rays 6; ventral margin of lachrymal prominently serrated; upper and lower pharyngeals with molariform teeth; spine part of dorsal fin continuous with soft-ray part, base of former longer than that of latter, dorsal margin slightly notched between two parts, last spine longer than preceding one, D VIII—X, 8—11; predorsal formula in T. gracilis 0/0/ 0+1/, in T. hsiawanpuensis 0/0/0+2/; A III, 7—9; P 13—15; V I, S, caudal fin slightly forked, PU; fused with U1, no independent U2; hypurals 5, uroneurals 2, anterior portion of UN1 enlarged to form stegural, epurals 3, neural spine on PU2: in most of specimens short, in very few specimens long; vertebrae 24—25; scales on body ctenoid, posterior portion of skull roof and cheek covered with cycloid or ctenoid scales." Line drawing from CHANG & LIU, 1998, p. 175: Identified by oilshale. References: Liu, T, Liu, H. Tang, X. (1962) A new percoid fish from South China. Vert. PalAsiat., 6 (2): 121-129. Chang, M. M. & Liu, H. (1998) Reexamination of Tungtingichthys (Pisces, Perciformes) from Hunan Province, China. Vert. PalAsiat., 36(3): 173-196, figs. 1-6, pls. I-II.

References: W. T. Zhang, Y. H. Lu, Z. L. Zhu, Y. Y. Qian, H. L. Lin, Z. Zhou, S. Zhang and J. L. Yuan (1980): Cambrian trilobite faunas of southwestern China. Palaeontologia Sinica, new series B 16:1-497