Fish ID: "Yangaiïchthys"???
Hello everyone!
I got this pretty cool fish for X-Mas, and even though it looks great displayed on my shelf, it does confuse me a lot.
The second picture shows the info given by the seller. I bought it in a small shop in Veere, Zeeland (NL), and the Rhynchodercetis from my avatar comes from this shop too. The info is in Dutch, and it translates to:
Fossil fish: Yangaiïchthys
River: the Yangay, China
Eocene: +/- 50 mya
Now the confusing part is, the name Yan
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The original author Lei 1977 assigned it to the extant genus Osteochilus.
Here is the most recent paper redescribing Jianghanichthys hubeiensis:
Liu, J., Chang, M.M., Wilson, M.V., & Murray, A.M. (2015)
A new family of Cypriniformes (Teleostei, Ostariophysi) based on a redescription of †Jianghanichthys hubeiensis (Lei, 1977) from the Eocene Yangxi Formation of China.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35(6):1-23 PDF LINK
