2015 in paleoichthyology

none 2015 paleoichthyology paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoentomology paleomalacology reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology This list of fossil fishes described in 2015 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes and other fishes of every kind that have been described during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of fishes that occurred in the year 2015. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species. Research A study of the body sizes of Devonian and Carboniferous vertebrates (jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, cartilaginous fishes, ray-finned fishes and sarcopterygians, including tetrapods) is published by Sallan & Galimberti (2015), who conclude that following the Hangenberg event the majority of vertebrate lineages experienced persistent reductions in body size for at least 36 million years, and that the few large-bodied survivors of the Hangenberg event failed to diversify, while small-bodied survivors gave rise to all subsequent vertebrate lineages.Lauren Sallan Andrew K. Galimberti 2015 Body-size reduction in vertebrates following the end-Devonian mass extinction Science 350 6262 812–815 10.1126/science.aac7373 26564854 2015Sci...350..812S 206640186 A study on the skull anatomy of Acanthodes and its implications for inferring the phylogenetic placement of acanthodians is published by Brazeau & de Winter (2015).Martin D. Brazeau Valerie de Winter 2015 The hyoid arch and braincase anatomy of Acanthodes support chondrichthyan affinity of 'acanthodians' Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 1821 20152210 10.1098/rspb.2015.2210 4707761 26674952 A study on the fossil specimens considered to be either decomposed or immature specimens of Triazeugacanthus affinis is published by Chevrinais, Cloutier & Sire (2015), who reinterpret the variation initially thought to be caused by various degrees of decomposition as corresponding to ontogenetic changes.Marion Chevrinais Richard Cloutier Jean-Yves Sire 2015 The revival of a so-called rotten fish: the ontogeny of the Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus Biology Letters 11 2 20140950 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0950 4360106 25694507 A study on the development of saw-teeth in the Cretaceous ray Schizorhiza stromeri is published by Smith et al. (2015).Moya Meredith Smith Alex Riley Gareth J. Fraser Charlie Underwood Monique Welten Jürgen Kriwet Cathrin Pfaff Zerina Johanson 2015 Early development of rostrum saw-teeth in a fossil ray tests classical theories of the evolution of vertebrate dentitions Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 1816 20151628 10.1098/rspb.2015.1628 4614774 26423843 Three large mackerel shark vertebrae, interpreted as belonging to a single individual with a calculated total body length of 6.3 m, are described from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation (Texas, United States) by Frederickson, Schaefer & Doucette-Frederickson (2015).Joseph A. Frederickson Scott N. Schaefer Janessa A. Doucette-Frederickson 2015 A gigantic shark from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation of Texas PLOS ONE 10 6 e0127162 10.1371/journal.pone.0127162 4454486 26039066 2015PLoSO..1027162F free New taxa Jawless vertebrates Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCideriusGambit van der Brugghen 2015 Ciderius cooperi gen. nov., sp. nov., the earliest known euphaneropid from the Lower Silurian of Scotland Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 94 3 279–288 10.1017/njg.2015.18 2015NJGeo..94..279V 234349437 free Gen. et sp. novValidVan der BrugghenSilurian (early Wenlock)Fish Bed FormationUnited KingdomA member of Euphaneropidae. The type species is Ciderius cooperi.MitraspisDavid K. Elliott Hans-Peter Schultze Alain Blieck 2015 A new pteraspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian Drake Bay Formation, Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada, and comments on environmental preferences of pteraspids Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 6 e1005098 10.1080/02724634.2015.1005098 2015JVPal..35E5098E 129333836 Gen. et sp. novValidElliott, Schultze & BlieckDevonian (Lochkovian)Drake Bay FormationCanadaA pteraspid heterostracan. The type species is Mitraspis cracens.RhegmaspisZhi-Kun Gai Min Zhu Lian-Tao Jia Wen-Jin Zhao 2015 A streamlined jawless fish (Galeapida) from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan, China and its taxonomic and paleoecological implications Vertebrata PalAsiatica 53 2 93–109 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201504/P020150420387565261949.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.02.001 Gen. et sp. novValidGai et al.Devonian (Pragian)Posongchong FormationChinaA gantarostrataspidid huananaspidiform galeaspid. The type species is Rhegmaspis xiphoidea.Siyingia perlatuspinosaChu-Dong Si Zhi-Kun Gai Wen-Jin Zhao 2015 A new species of Siyingia from the Lower Devonian Xishancun Formation of Qujing, Yunnan Vertebrata PalAsiatica 53 2 110–122 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201501/t20150121_4302636.html 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.02.002 Sp. novValidSi, Gai & ZhaoDevonian (Lochkovian)Xishancun FormationChinaA polybranchiaspidid galeaspid, a species of Siyingia.Tolypelepis mielnikensisMarek Dec 2015 A new Tolypelepidid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Late Silurian of Poland Journal of Paleontology 89 4 637–644 10.1017/jpa.2015.28 2015JPal...89..637D 131220227 Sp. novDisputedDecSilurian (Pridoli)PolandA member of Tolypelepidida, a species of Tolypelepis. Märss (2019) considered it to be a junior synonym of T. undulata.Tiiu Märss 2019 Silurian cyathaspidid heterostracans of Northern Eurasia Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 68 3 113–146 10.3176/earth.2019.11 202181325 free Placoderms Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesDriscollaspisMartin Rücklin John A. Long Kate Trinajstic 2015 A new selenosteid arthrodire ('Placodermi') from the Late Devonian of Morocco Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 2 e908896 10.1080/02724634.2014.908896 2015JVPal..35E8896R 131147101 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1325065 Gen. et sp. novValidRücklin, Long & TrinajsticLate DevonianMoroccoA selenosteid arthrodire. The type species is Driscollaspis pankowskiorum.Groenlandaspis potyiSébastien Olive Cyrille Prestianni Vincent Dupret 2015 A new species of Groenlandaspis Heintz, 1932 (Placodermi, Arthrodira), from the Famennian (Late Devonian) of Belgium Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 4 e935389 10.1080/02724634.2014.935389 2015JVPal..35E5389O 83640692 Sp. novValidOlive, Prestianni & DupretDevonian (late Famennian)BelgiumA phlyctaeniid arthrodire, a species of Groenlandaspis.Grossilepis rikikiSébastien Olive 2015 Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 3 711–731 10.4202/app.00015.2013 55836443 free Sp. novValidOliveDevonian (late Famennian)BelgiumA member of Antiarchi, a species of Grossilepis.PauropetalichthysZhaohui Pan Min Zhu You'an Zhu Liantao Jia 2015 A new petalichthyid placoderm from the Early Devonian of Yunnan, China Comptes Rendus Palevol 14 2 125–137 10.1016/j.crpv.2014.10.006 2015CRPal..14..125P Gen. et sp. novValidPan et al.Devonian (late Emsian)ChinaA quasipetalichthyid petalichthyid. The type species is Pauropetalichthys magnoculus.Remigolepis durnalensisSp. novValidOliveDevonian (Famennian)BelgiumA member of Antiarchi, a species of Remigolepis.Turrisaspis strudensisSébastien Olive Gaël Clément Edward B. Daeschler Vincent Dupret 2015 Characterization of the placoderm (Gnathostomata) assemblage from the tetrapod-bearing locality of Strud (Belgium, upper Famennian) Palaeontology 58 6 981–1002 10.1111/pala.12190 128665705 free Sp. novValidOlive et al.Devonian (late Famennian)BelgiumA relative of Groenlandaspis, a species of Turrisaspis. Acanthodians Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesErymnacanthusStephanie A. Blais Chelsea R. Hermus Mark V. H. Wilson 2015 Four new Early Devonian ischnacanthid acanthodians from the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada: an early experiment in dental diversity Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 1 e948546 10.1080/02724634.2014.948546 2015JVPal..35E8546B 129673752 Gen. et sp. novValidBlais, Hermus & WilsonDevonian (Lochkovian)CanadaAn ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Erymnacanthus clivus.EuryacanthusGen. et sp. novValidBlais, Hermus & WilsonDevonian (Lochkovian)CanadaAn ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Euryacanthus rugosus.TricuspicanthusGen. et 2 sp. novValidBlais, Hermus & WilsonDevonian (Lochkovian)CanadaAn ischnacanthid ischnacanthiform. The type species is Tricuspicanthus gannitus; genus also contains Tricuspicanthus pisciculus. Cartilaginous fishes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAntarctilamna ultimaRobert W. Gess Michael I. Coates 2015 High-latitude Chondrichthyans from the Late Devonian (Famennian) Witpoort formation of South Africa Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89 2 147–169 10.1007/s12542-014-0221-9 2015PalZ...89..147G 140726995 Sp. novValidGess & CoatesDevonian (Famennian)Witpoort FormationSouth AfricaA species of Antarctilamna.200px|Argoubia arnoldmülleriRonny M. Leder 2015 Fossil remains of selachiens and chimaera from the Muschelschluff and Phosphoritknollenhorizont of Zwenkau near Leipzig Geologica Saxonica 61 1 73–90 https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Geologica-Saxonica_61_0073-0090.pdf Sp. novValidLederOligoceneGermanyA mobuline eagle ray, a species of Argoubia.ArnomobulaGen. et sp. novValidLederOligoceneGermanyA mobuline eagle ray. The type species is Arnomobula eythrai.Callorhinchus alfordiDavid J. Cicimurri Jun A. Ebersole 2015 Paleocene chimaeroid fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali) from the eastern United States, including two new species of Callorhinchus PaleoBios 32 1 1–29 http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6g94r8jf Sp. novValidCicimurri & EbersolePaleocene (Thanetian)Aquia FormationUnited StatesA plough-nose chimaera, a species of Callorhinchus.Callorhinchus phillipsiSp. novValidCicimurri & EbersolePaleocene (Danian)Clayton FormationUnited StatesA plough-nose chimaera, a species of Callorhinchus.Carcharhinus caquetiusJorge D. Carrillo-Briceño Erin Maxwell Orangel A. Aguilera Rodolfo Sánchez Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra 2015 Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela) PLOS ONE 10 10 e0139230 10.1371/journal.pone.0139230 26488163 4619466 2015PLoSO..1039230C free Sp. novValidCarrillo-Briceño et al.MioceneUrumaco FormationVenezuelaA requiem shark, a species of Carcharhinus.CarcharomodusJürgen Kriwet Heike Mewis Oliver Hampe 2015 A partial skeleton of a new lamniform mackerel shark from the Miocene of Europe Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 4 857–875 10.4202/app.00066.2014 55462125 free Gen. et comb. novDisputedKriwet, Mewis & HempeMiocene to PlioceneEuropeA member of Lamnidae; a new genus for "Carcharodon" escheri Agassiz, 1843. De Schutter, van der Vliet & Bor (2021) did not consider it to be a genus distinct from Isurus.Pieter J. De Schutter Rene W.N. van der Vliet Taco J. Bor 2021 Dental evolution of the 'serrated' mako shark, Isurus subserratus aka I. escheri (Chondrichthyes, Lamnidae) in the late Neogene of the North Sea Basin Cainozoic Research 21 2 173–192 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357097975 200px|Cetorhinus piersoniBruce J. Welton 2015 A New Species of Late Early Miocene Cetorhinus (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae) from the Astoria Formation of Oregon, and Coeval Cetorhinus from Washington and California Contributions in Science 523 67–89 10.5962/p.241294 242792009 http://stage.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS_523.67-89.pdf Sp. novValidWeltonEarly MioceneAstoria FormationUnited StatesA relative of the basking shark.Cooleyella duffiniAlexander O. Ivanov Merlynd K. Nestell Galina P. Nestell 2015 Middle Permian fish microremains from the Early Capitanian of the Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, USA Micropaleontology 61 4–5 301–312 10.47894/mpal.61.4.04 2015MiPal..61..301I 133058092 Sp. novValidIvanov in Ivanov, Nestell & NestellPermian (early Capitanian)Bell Canyon FormationUnited StatesA member of Neoselachii belonging to the family Anachronistidae.Cretalamna catoxodonSp. novValidSiverson et al.Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian)AustraliaAn otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.Cretalamna deschutteriSp. novValidSiverson et al.Late Cretaceous (early Turonian)FranceAn otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.Cretalamna ewelliSp. novValidSiverson et al.Late Cretaceous (late Coniacian)United StatesAn otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.Cretalamna gertericorumSp. novValidSiverson et al.Late Cretaceous (early Turonian)FranceAn otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.Cretalamna hattini Sp. novValidSiverson et al.Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)United StatesAn otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.Cretalamna sarcoporthetaMikael Siverson Johan Lindgren Michael G. Newbrey Peter Cederström Todd D. Cook 2015 Cenomanian-Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 2 339–384 10.4202/app.2012.0137 58906204 free Sp. novValidSiverson et al.Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)SwedenAn otodontid, a species of Cretalamna.Diademodus dominicusBrett Roelofs Ted Playton Milo Barham Kate Trinajstic 2015 Upper Devonian microvertebrates from the Canning Basin, Western Australia Acta Geologica Polonica 65 1 69–100 http://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/agp/article/view/21992 10.1515/agp-2015-0003 2015AcGeP..65...69R 20.500.11937/22966 free free Sp. novValidRoelofs et al.Late DevonianVirgin Hills FormationAustraliaA phoebodontid elasmobranch, a species of Diademodus.Edaphodon snowhillensisSoledad Gouiric-Cavalli Daniel A. Cabrera Alberto L. Cione José P. O'Gorman Rodolfo A. Coria Marta Fernández 2015 The first record of the chimaeroid genus Edaphodon (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from Antarctica (Snow Hill Island Formation, Late Cretaceous, James Ross Island) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 5 e981128 10.1080/02724634.2015.981128 2015JVPal..35E1128G 11336/53488 129091192 free Sp. novValidGouiric-Cavalli et al.Late Cretaceous (late Campanian)Snow Hill Island FormationAntarctica (James Ross Island)A chimaera, a species of Edaphodon.GogoselachusJohn A. Long Carole J. Burrow Michał Ginter John G. Maisey Kate M. Trinajstic Michael I. Coates Gavin C. Young Tim J. Senden 2015 First Shark from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia Sheds New Light on the Development of Tessellated Calcified Cartilage PLOS ONE 10 5 e0126066 10.1371/journal.pone.0126066 26020788 4447464 2015PLoSO..1026066L free Gen. et sp. novValidLong et al.Devonian (early Frasnian)Gogo FormationAustraliaA member of Chondrichthyes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Gogoselachus lynbeazelyae.200px|Keasius rhenanusT. Reinecke F. von der Hocht L. Dufraing 2015 Fossil basking shark of the genus Keasius (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) from the boreal North Sea Basin and Upper Rhine Graben: evolution of dental characteristics from the Oligocene to late Middle Miocene and description of two new species Palaeontos 28 39–98 http://www.palaeontos.be/28/det28.html Sp. novValidReinecke, von der Hocht & DufraingMiocene (late Burdigalian)Lower Mica Finesand FormationGermanyA relative of the basking shark, a species of Keasius.Keasius septemtrionalisSp. novValidReinecke, von der Hocht & DufraingOligocene (early / middle Chattian)Sülstorf BedsGermanyA relative of the basking shark, a species of Keasius.KenolamnaGen. et comb. novValidSiverson et al.Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian)AustraliaAn otodontid, a new genus for "Cretolamna" gunsoni Siverson (1996).200px|OligorajaThomas Reinecke 2015 Batoids (Rajiformes, Torpediniformes, Myliobatiformes) from the Sülstorf Beds (Chattian, Late Oligocene) of Mecklenburg, northeastern Germany: a revision and description of three new species Palæovertebrata 39 2 e2 http://palaeovertebrata.com/Articles/view/63 10.18563/pv.39.2.e2 subscription Gen. et sp. novValidReineckeOligocene (Chattian)Sülstorf BedsGermanyA skate. The type species is Oligoraja pristina.ParaptychodusShawn A. Hamm 2015 Paraptychodus washitaensis n. gen. et n. sp., of Ptychodontid shark from the Albian of Texas, USA Cretaceous Research 54 60–67 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.10.015 2015CrRes..54...60H Gen. et sp. novValidHammEarly Cretaceous (middle Albian)Duck Creek FormationUnited StatesA member of Ptychodontidae. The type species is Paraptychodus washitaensis.Portalodus mannoliniaeDaniel Potvin-Leduc Richard Cloutier Ed Landing Linda Van Aller Hernick Frank Mannolini 2015 Middle Devonian (Givetian) sharks from Cairo, New York (USA): Evidence of early cosmopolitanism Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 1 183–200 10.4202/app.2012.0101 54880948 free Sp. novValidPotvin-Leduc et al.Devonian (Givetian)Plattekill FormationUnited StatesA member of Elasmobranchii, an omalodontid omalodontiform; a species of Portalodus.Pseudaetobatus belliDavid J. Cicimurri Jun A. Ebersole 2015 Two new species of Pseudaetobatus Cappetta, 1986 (Batoidei: Myliobatidae) from the southeastern United States Palaeontologia Electronica 18 1 Article number 18.1.15A http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2015/1114-new-eocene-rays-from-the-u-s 10.26879/524 free Sp. novValidCicimurri & EbersoleEarly Eocene (Ypresian)Hatchetigbee Formation Tallahatta FormationUnited StatesAn eagle ray, a species of Pseudaetobatus.Pseudaetobatus undulatusSp. novValidCicimurri & EbersoleLate Eocene (Priabonian)Dry Branch FormationUnited StatesAn eagle ray, a species of Pseudaetobatus.PseudomegachasmaKenshu Shimada Evgeny V. Popov Mikael Siversson Bruce J. Welton Douglas J. Long 2015 A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 5 e981335 10.1080/02724634.2015.981335 2015JVPal..35E1335S 83793715 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1568191 Nom. nov et comb. novValidShimada et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Greenhorn Limestone Polpino FormationRussia United StatesA putative planktivorous shark, possibly a sand shark; a replacement name for Eorhincodon Nessov (1999) (preoccupied). The type species is "Eorhincodon" casei Nessov (1999); genus also contains "Megachasma" comanchensis Shimada (2007).Raja thiedeiSp. novValidReineckeOligocene (Chattian)Sülstorf BedsGermanyA skate, a species of Raja.Scyliorhinus kannenbergiSp. novValidLederOligoceneGermanyA catshark, a species of Scyliorhinus.SqualiomicrusHideshi Suzuki 2015 A new genus of the Family Dalatiidae (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Miocene of Japan Journal of Fossil Research 47 2 41–47 https://www.kasekiken.jp/kaishi/kaishi_47(2)/kasekiken_47(2)_41-47.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidSuzukiMioceneIseyama FormationJapanA member of Dalatiidae. The type species is Squaliomicrus sanadaensis.Thrinacodus dzikiMichał Ginter Christopher J. Duffin Mark T. Dean Dieter Korn 2015 Late Viséan pelagic chondrichthyans from northern Europe Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 4 899–922 10.4202/app.00084.2014 51740625 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/513295/1/app000842014.pdf Sp. novValidGinter et al.Carboniferous (late Viséan)Holy Cross Mountains Eyam LimestonePoland United KingdomA phoebodontid elasmobranch, a species of Thrinacodus.Torpedo chatticaSp. novValidReineckeOligocene (Chattian)Sülstorf BedsGermanyA member of Torpedinidae, a species of Torpedo. Bony fishes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcrorhinichthysLouis Taverne Luigi Capasso 2015 Osteology and relationships of Acrorhinichthys poyatoi gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Lebanon European Journal of Taxonomy 116 1–30 10.5852/ejt.2015.116 free Gen. et sp. novValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)LebanonA member of Pycnodontiformes. The type species is Acrorhinichthys poyatoi.Alosa paulicrenataAndriy Bratishko Werner Schwarzhans Bettina Reichenbacher Yuliia Vernyhorova Stjepan Ćorić 2015 Fish otoliths from the Konkian (Miocene, early Serravallian) of Mangyshlak (Kazakhstan): testimony to an early endemic evolution in the Eastern Paratethys Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89 4 839–889 10.1007/s12542-015-0274-4 2015PalZ...89..839B 130433454 Sp. novValidBratishko et al.Miocene (early Serravallian)KazakhstanA river herring.Altisolepis sinensisZuo-Yu Sun Cristina Lombardo Andrea Tintori Da-Yong Jiang 2015 A new species of Altisolepis (Peltopleuriformes, Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Southern China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 2 e909819 10.1080/02724634.2014.909819 2015JVPal..35E9819S 83593398 Sp. novValidSun et al.Middle Triassic (Anisian)Guanling FormationChinaA peltopleurid peltopleuriform, a species of Altisolepis.Aphia djafarovaeSp. novValidBratishko et al.Miocene (early Serravallian)KazakhstanA relative of the transparent goby.Apuliadercetis indeherbergeiLouis Taverne Stijn Goolaerts 2015 The dercetid fishes (Teleostei, Aulopiformes) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Belgium and The Netherlands Geologica Belgica 18 1 21–30 http://popups.ulg.ac.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=4794 Sp. novValidTaverne & GoolaertsLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Gulpen FormationBelgiumA dercetid aulopiform, a species of Apuliadercetis.Armigatus oligodentatusOksana Vernygora Alison M. Murray 2015 A new species of Armigatus (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, and its phylogenetic relationships Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 1 e1031342 10.1080/02724634.2015.1031342 86230107 Sp. novValidVernygora & MurrayLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian-early Turonian)Akrabou FormationMoroccoA clupeomorph belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes; a species of Armigatus.AtacamaiaGloria Arratia Hans-Peter Schultze 2015 A new fossil actinistian from the Early Jurassic of Chile and its bearing on the phylogeny of Actinistia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 5 e983524 10.1080/02724634.2015.983524 2015JVPal..35E3524A 85651637 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_new_fossil_actinistian_from_the_Early_Jurassic_of_Chile_and_its_bearing_on_the_phylogeny_of_Actinistia/1568190 subscription Gen. et sp. novValidArratia & SchultzeEarly JurassicChileAn actinistian, probably a member of the group Coelacanthiformes and the family Whiteiidae. The type species is Atacamaia solitaria.BallagadusGen. et 2 sp. novValidSmithson, Richards & ClackCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Ballagan FormationUnited KingdomA lungfish. The type species is Ballagadus rossi; genus also includes Ballagadus caustrimi.BeiduyuAlison M. Murray Lida Xing Julien Divay Juan Liu Fengping Wang 2015 A Late Jurassic freshwater fish (Ginglymodi, Lepisosteiformes) from Qijiang, Chongqing, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 2 e911187 10.1080/02724634.2014.911187 2015JVPal..35E1187M 85946657 Gen. et sp. novValidMurray et al.Late JurassicSuining FormationChinaA relative of gars. The type species is Beiduyu qijiangensis.BolcaichthysGiuseppe Marramà Giorgio Carnevale 2015 The Eocene sardine †Bolcaichthys catopygopterus (Woodward, 1901) from Monte Bolca, Italy: osteology, taxonomy, and paleobiology Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 6 e1014490 10.1080/02724634.2015.1014490 2015JVPal..35E4490M 2318/1566882 86352585 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_Eocene_sardine_i_Bolcaichthys_catopygopterus_i_Woodward_1901_from_Monte_Bolca_Italy_osteology_taxonomy_and_paleobiology/1591874 free Gen. et comb. novValidMarramà & CarnevaleEoceneMonte Bolca localityItalyA member of Clupeidae. A new genus for "Clupea" catopygoptera Woodward (1901).CanaryichthysAlan Bartholomai 2015 An Early Cretaceous (late Albian) halecomorph (? Ionoscopiformes) fish from the Toolebuc Formation, Eromanga Basin, Queensland Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 59 61–74 10.17082/j.2204-1478.59.2015.2014-05 4 July 2025 54954323 free Gen. et sp. novValidBartholomaiEarly Cretaceous (late Albian)Toolebuc FormationAustraliaA member of Halecomorphi, possibly a member of the group Ionoscopiformes. The type species is Canaryichthys rozefeldsi.CapassoichthysLouis Taverne 2015 Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 38° Capassoichthys alfonsoi gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Ichthyodectidae) Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 39 35–46 http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/35-46.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20200803222941/http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/35-46.pdf 2020-08-03 Gen. et sp. novValidTaverneLate Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)ItalyA member of Ichthyodectidae. The type species is Capassoichthys alfonsoi.CaprosimilisMałgorzata Bieńkowska-Wasiluk Niels Bonde 2015 A new Oligocene relative of the Caproidae (Teleostei: Acanthopterygii) from the Outer Carpathians, Poland Bulletin of Geosciences 90 2 461–478 10.3140/bull.geosci.1520 free Gen. et sp. novValidBieńkowska-Wasiluk & BondeOligocene (Rupelian)PolandA member of Acanthopterygii of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a relative of boarfishes. The type species is Caprosimilis carpathicus.Cathlorhynchus zengiTuo Qiao Min Zhu 2015 A new Early Devonian lungfish from Guangxi, China, and its palaeogeographic significance Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 3 428–437 10.1080/03115518.2015.1015819 2015Alch...39..428Q 129508939 Sp. novValidQiao & ZhuDevonian (early Emsian)Yukiang FormationChinaA dipnorhynchid lungfish, a species of Cathlorhynchus.CeneichthysLouis Taverne Luigi Capasso 2015 Osteology and relationships of Ceneichthys zambellii gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Pholidophoridae) from the Late Triassic of northern Italy Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 39 13–26 http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/13-26.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20200731233155/http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/13-26.pdf 2020-07-31 Gen. et sp. novValidTaverne & CapassoLate Triassic (late Norian)Zorzino FormationItalyA member of Pholidophoridae. The type species is Ceneichthys zambellii.Centracanthus pobedinaeSp. novValidBratishko et al.Miocene (early Serravallian)KazakhstanA relative of the curled picarel.Cobitis nanningensisGeng-jiao Chen Wei Liao Xue-qiang Lei 2015 First fossil cobitid (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from Early-Middle Oligocene deposits of South China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 53 4 299–309 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201512/t20151204_4487697.html 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.04.004 Sp. novValidChen, Liao & LeiOligoceneYongning FormationChinaA member of Cobitidae, a species of Cobitis.CoccovedusGen. et sp. novValidSmithson, Richards & ClackCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Ballagan FormationUnited KingdomA lungfish. The type species is Coccovedus celatus.Ctenodus robertiTimothy R. Smithson Kelly R. Richards Jennifer A. Clack 2015 Lungfish diversity in Romer's Gap: reaction to the end-Devonian extinction Palaeontology 59 1 29–44 10.1111/pala.12203 55266403 free Sp. novValidSmithson, Richards & ClackCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Ballagan FormationUnited KingdomA lungfish, a species of Ctenodus.Ctenodus whitropeiSp. novValidSmithson, Richards & ClackCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Ballagan FormationUnited KingdomA lungfish, a species of Ctenodus.Ctenodus willieiSp. novValidSmithson, Richards & ClackCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Ballagan FormationUnited KingdomA lungfish, a species of Ctenodus.Cyclothone mukhachevaeMikhail V. Nazarkin 2015 Fossil Bristlemouth Cyclothone mukhachevae sp. nov. (Stomiiformes: Gonostomatidae) from the Neogene of Western Sakhalin, Russia Paleontological Journal 49 2 162–175 10.1134/S0031030115020045 2015PalJ...49..162N 128915597 Sp. novValidNazarkinMioceneKurasi FormationRussiaA bristlemouth, a species of Cyclothone.Cyranichthys jagtiSp. novValidTaverne & GoolaertsLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)Belgium NetherlandsA dercetid aulopiform, a species of Cyranichthys.Diaphus prokofieviLouis Taverne 2015 Les poissons du Santonien (Crétacé supérieur) d'Apricena (Italie du Sud). 8°. Diaphus prokofievi sp. nov. (Teleostei, Myctophiformes, Myctophidae) Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 39 27–34 http://www.museostorianaturaleverona.it/media/_Musei/_StoriaNaturale/_Allegati/27-34.pdf Sp. novValidTaverneLate Cretaceous (Santonian)ItalyA species of Diaphus.DucrotayichthysLouis Taverne Luigi Capasso 2015 New data on the osteology and phylogeny of Gladiopycnodontidae (Pycnodontiformes), a tropical fossil fish family from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon, with the description of four genera Geo-Eco-Trop 39 2 217–246 http://www.geoecotrop.be/uploads/publications/pub_392_05.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)LebanonA member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is D. cornutus.EleogobiusChristoph Gierl Bettina Reichenbacher 2015 A New Fossil Genus of Gobiiformes from the Miocene Characterized by a Mosaic Set of Characters Copeia 103 4 792–805 10.1643/CI-14-146 86029194 Gen. et comb. et sp. novValidGierl & ReichenbacherMioceneGermanyA member of Gobiiformes. The type species is "Cottus" brevis Agassiz; genus also includes the new species Eleogobius gaudanti.EoprocyprisGengJiao Chen Mee-Mann Chang HuanZhang Liu 2015 Revision of Cyprinus maomingensis Liu 1957 and the first discovery of Procypris-like cyprinid (Teleostei, Pisces) from the late Eocene of South China Science China Earth Sciences 58 7 1123–1132 10.1007/s11430-015-5085-7 2015ScChD..58.1123C 86129608 Gen. et comb. novValidChen, Chang & LiuLate EoceneYouganwo FormationChinaA member of Cyprinidae; a new genus for "Cyprinus" maomingensis Liu (1957).EoscomberKerin M. Claeson Raphaël Sarr Robert V. Hill El Hadji Sow Raymond Malou Maureen A. O'Leary 2015 New fossil scombrid (Pelagia: Scombridae) fishes preserved as predator and prey from the Eocene of Senegal Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 164 1 133–147 10.1635/053.164.0111 83618441 Gen. et sp. novValidClaeson et al.Early EoceneThies FormationSenegalA member of Scombridae. The type species is Eoscomber senegalicus.Equinoxiodus schultzeiEliane Pinheiro De Sousa Manuel Alfredo Medeiros Carlos Eduardo Vieira Toledo Reinaldo J. Bertini Agostinha Araújo Pereira Rafael Matos Lindoso 2015 A new species of Equinoxiodus (Dipnoi: ?Neoceratodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil Zootaxa 3905 3 397–406 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.5 25661218 Sp. novValidSousa et al.Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)Alcântara FormationBrazilA lungfish, possibly member of Neoceratodontidae; a species of Equinoxiodus.GardinerpiscisC. Romano I. Kogan 2015 Gardinerpiscis nom. nov., a Replacement Name for the Preoccupied Genus Name Gardineria Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1981 (Actinopterygii, Osteichthyes) Paleontological Journal 49 6 677–678 10.1134/S0031030115060118 2015PalJ...49..677R 86206512 https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/115318/22/ZORA_NL_115318.pdf Nom. novValidRomano & KoganPermian (Kungurian?)Kempir FormationKazakhstanA member of the family Karaunguriidae (a group of ray-finned fishes of uncertain phylogenetic placement); a replacement name for Gardineria Kazantseva-Selezneva (1981) (preoccupied).Genyonemus? karagiensisSp. novValidBratishko et al.Miocene (early Serravallian)KazakhstanA member of the family Sciaenidae. Originally described as a possible species of Genyonemus, but subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Leptosciaena by Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale (2018).Alexandre F. Bannikov Werner W. Schwarzhans Giorgio Carnevale 2018 Neogene Paratethyan croakers (Teleostei, Sciaenidae) Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 124 3 535–571 10.13130/2039-4942/10696 "Gobiida" bicornutaChien-Hsiang Lin Angela Girone Dirk Nolf 2015 Tortonian fish otoliths from turbiditic deposits in Northern Italy: taxonomic and stratigraphic significance Geobios 48 3 249–261 10.1016/j.geobios.2015.03.003 2015Geobi..48..249L https://zenodo.org/record/913237 Sp. novValidLin, Girone & WolfMiocene (Tortonian)Sant'Agata Fossili FormationItalyA goby. Assigned to the genus Hoeseichthys by Schwarzhans, Agiadi & Carnevale (2020).Werner Schwarzhans Konstantina Agiadi Giorgio Carnevale 2020 Late Miocene–early Pliocene evolution of Mediterranean gobies and their environmental and biogeographic significance Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 126 3 657–723 10.13130/2039-4942/14185 "Gobiida" briocheSp. novValidLin, Girone & WolfMiocene (Tortonian) and PlioceneSant'Agata Fossili FormationItaly MoroccoWerner Schwarzhans 2023 Geology and stratigraphy of the Neogene section along the Oued Beth between Dar bel Hamri and El Kansera (Rharb Basin, northwestern Morocco) and its otolith-based fish fauna: a faunal inventory for the Early Pliocene remigration into the Mediterranean Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 142 1 4 10.1186/s13358-023-00268-4 2023SwJP..142....4S free A goby. Assigned to the genus Hoeseichthys by Schwarzhans, Agiadi & Carnevale (2020).HayolperichthysGen. et sp. novValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)LebanonA member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is H. pectospinus.Hyrcanogobius hesperisWerner Schwarzhans Katarina Bradić Ljupko Rundić 2015 Fish-otoliths from the marine-brackish water transition from the Middle Miocene of the Belgrade area, Serbia Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89 4 815–837 10.1007/s12542-015-0272-6 5448078 28596623 2015PalZ...89..815S Sp. novValidSchwarzhans, Bradić & RundićMiocene (late Serravallian)SerbiaA goby. Originally described as a species of Hyrcanogobius; Schwarzhans et al. (2017) transferred it to the genus Hesperichthys.Werner Schwarzhans Harald Ahnelt Giorgio Carnevale Sanja Japundžić Katarina Bradić Andriy Bratishko 2017 Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part III: tales from the cradle of the Ponto-Caspian gobies Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 136 1 45–92 10.1007/s13358-016-0120-7 2017SwJP..136...45S 89368295 free Isadia arefieviA. V. Minikh M. P. Arefiev V. K. Golubev 2015 A New Fish Species of the Genus Isadia (Actinopterygii, Eurynotoidiformes) from the New Locality on the Malaya Northern Dvina River (Terminal Permian, Vologda Region) Paleontological Journal 49 6 615–626 10.1134/S0031030115060076 2015PalJ...49..615M 130267784 Sp. novValidMinikh, Arefiev & GolubevLate PermianSalarevo FormationRussiaA ray-finned fish belonging to the group Chondrostei and the order Eurynotoidiformes; a species of Isadia.JonoichthysSoledad Gouiric-Cavalli 2015 Jonoichthys challwa gen. et sp. nov., a new Aspidorhynchiform (Osteichthyes, Neopterygii, Teleosteomorpha) from the marine Upper Jurassic sediments of Argentina, with comments about paleobiogeography of Jurassic aspidorhynchids Comptes Rendus Palevol 14 4 291–304 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.03.007 2015CRPal..14..291G free 11336/53596 free Gen. et sp. novValidGouiric-CavalliLate JurassicVaca Muerta FormationArgentinaA member of Aspidorhynchiformes. The type species is Jonoichthys challwa.KenyaichthysMelanie Altner Bettina Reichenbacher 2015 †Kenyaichthyidae fam. nov. and †Kenyaichthys gen. nov. – First Record of a Fossil Aplocheiloid Killifish (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) PLOS ONE 10 4 e0123056 10.1371/journal.pone.0123056 25923654 4414574 2015PLoSO..1023056A free Gen. et sp. novValidAltner & ReichenbacherLate MioceneLukeino FormationKenyaAn aplocheiloid cyprinodontiform. The type species is Kenyaichthys kipkechi.LabrobolcusAlexandre F. Bannikov David R. Bellwood 2015 A new genus and species of labrid fish (Perciformes) from the Eocene of Bolca in northern Italy Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca, XVI - Miscellanea paleontologica 13 5–16 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285594260 Gen. et sp. novValidBannikov & BellwoodEocene (Ypresian)Monte Bolca localityItalyA wrasse. The type species is Labrobolcus giorgioi.LeithaodonGiorgio Carnevale James C. Tyler 2015 A new pufferfish (Teleostei, Tetraodontidae) from the Middle Miocene of St. Margarethen, Austria Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89 3 435–447 10.1007/s12542-014-0243-3 2015PalZ...89..435C 140581004 Gen. et sp. novValidCarnevale & TylerMiddle MioceneAustriaA member of Tetraodontidae. The type species is Leithaodon sandroi.MalingichthysAndrea Tintori Zuoyu Sun Peigang Ni Cristina Lombardo Dayong Jiang Ryosuke Motani 2015 Oldest stem Teleostei from the late Ladinian (Middle Triassic) of Southern China Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 121 3 285–296 10.13130/2039-4942/6519 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidTintori et al.Middle Triassic (late Ladinian)Falang FormationChinaA relative of Pholidophorus. The type species is Malingichthys nimaiguensis; genus also includes Malingichthys wanfenglinensis.Morone? bannikoviSp. novValidBratishko et al.Miocene (early Serravallian)KazakhstanA temperate bass, probably a species of Morone.Moythomasia lineataBrian Choo 2015 A new species of the Devonian actinopterygian Moythomasia from Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, and fresh observations on M. durgaringa from the Gogo Formation of Western Australia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 4 e952817 10.1080/02724634.2015.952817 2015JVPal..35E2817C 85934738 Sp. novValidChooLate DevonianGermanyAn early ray-finned fish, a species of Moythomasia.Neogobius udovichenkoiSp. novValidBratishko et al.Miocene (early Serravallian)KazakhstanA goby, a species of Neogobius.NickcavesGiorgio Carnevale Alexandre F. Bannikov 2015 Pietschellidae fam. nov., a new family of miniature percomorph fishes from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, with the description of a new genus and species Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca, XVI - Miscellanea paleontologica 13 17–26 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285538096 Gen. et sp. novValidCarnevale & BannikovEocene (Ypresian)Monte Bolca localityItalyA member of Percomorphacea related to Pietschellus aenigmaticus. The type species is Nickcaves pterygocephalus.NingxiaplatysomusKai Tan Xi Wang Li-wu Lu 2015 A new Carboniferous platysomoid fish from Ningxia, Northwest China Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 54 2 174–183 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=25&CurRec=4&filename=GSWX201502004&dbname=CJFDTEMP Gen. et sp. novValidTan, Wang & LuCarboniferous (Namurian)Tupo FormationChinaA ray-finned fish related to Platysomus. The type species is Ningxiaplatysomus parvus.OccludusGen. et comb. novValidSmithson, Richards & ClackCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Ballagan FormationUnited KingdomA lungfish. The type species is "Ctenodus" romeri Thomson (1965).OmbilinichthysA. M. Murray Y. Zaim Y. Rizal Y. Aswan G. F. Gunnell R. L. Ciochon 2015 A fossil gourami (Teleostei, Anabantoidei) from probable Eocene deposits of the Ombilin Basin, Sumatra, Indonesia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 2 e906444 10.1080/02724634.2014.906444 2015JVPal..35E6444M 86439009 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/1325064 Gen. et sp. novValidMurray et al.Age uncertain, probably EoceneSangkarewang FormationIndonesiaA gourami. The type species is Ombilinichthys yamini.200px|OphiopsiellaJennifer A. Lane Martin Ebert 2015 A taxonomic reassessment of Ophiopsis (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes), with a revision of Upper Jurassic species from the Solnhofen Archipelago, and a new genus of Ophiopsidae Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 1 e883238 10.1080/02724634.2014.883238 2015JVPal..35E3238L 86350086 Gen. et comb. novValidLane & EbertMiddle Triassic to Late JurassicStanleyville Formation, Songa LimestonesDemocratic Republic of the Congo France Germany Italy Spain United KingdomA ionoscopiform halecomorph (a relative of the bowfin); a new genus for the majority of species traditionally assigned to the genus Ophiopsis. The type species is "Ophiopsis" procerus Agassiz (1843); genus also contains "Ophiopsis" attenuata Wagner (1863), "Ophiopsis" penicillata Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" breviceps Egerton (1852), "Ophiopsis" dorsalis Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" montsechensis Wenz (1968) and "Ophiopsis" lepturus Bellotti (1857).200px|PanxianichthysGuang-Hui Xu Chen-Chen Shen 2015 Panxianichthys imparilis gen. et sp. nov., a new ionoscopiform (Halecomorphi) from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou, China Vertebrata PalAsiatica 53 1 1–15 http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201501/P020150121394053090016.pdf 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2015.01.001 Gen. et sp. novValidXu & ChenMiddle Triassic (Anisian)Guanling FormationChinaA non-parasemionotiform halecomorph (a relative of the bowfin). Originally described as a member of Ionoscopiformes; Zuoyu et al. (2017) transferred it to the separate order Panxianichthyiformes.Sun Zuoyu Andrea Tintori Xu Yaozhong Cristina Lombardo Ni Peigang Jiang Dayong 2017 A new non-parasemionotiform order of the Halecomorphi (Neopterygii, Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Tethys Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15 3 223–240 10.1080/14772019.2016.1181679 2017JSPal..15..223Z 133176227 The type species is Panxianichthys imparilis.PaphosiscusEileen D. Grogan Richard Lund 2015 Two new Actinopterygii (Vertebrata, Osteichthyes) with cosmine from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Heath Fm., Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana USA Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 164 1 111–132 10.1635/053.164.0114 130093887 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidGrogan & LundCarboniferous (Serpukhovian)Heath FormationUnited StatesA ray-finned fish. Genus contains Paphosiscus circulocaudus and Paphosiscus scalmocristus.Parablennius prokofieviSp. novValidBratishko et al.Miocene (early Serravallian)KazakhstanA combtooth blenny, a species of Parablennius.Paralebias conquensisJean Gaudant Eduardo Barrón Pere Anadón Bettina Reichenbacher Enrique Peñalver 2015 Palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Miocene Arcas del Villar gypsum sequence (Spain), based on palynomorphs and cyprinodontiform fishes Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 277 1 105–124 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0503 Sp. novValidGaudant et al.MioceneSpainA member of Poeciliidae, a species of Paralebias.ParanursalliaLouis Taverne Mohsen Layeb Yosra Layeb-Tounsi Jean Gaudant 2015 Paranursallia spinosa n. gen., n. sp., a new Upper Cretaceous pycnodontiform fish from the Eurafrican Mesogea Geodiversitas 37 2 215–227 10.5252/g2015n2a3 130794361 https://zenodo.org/record/4535080 Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidTaverne et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Morocco TunisiaA member of Pycnodontidae. The type species is Paranursallia spinosa; genus also contains "Nursallia" gutturosa Arambourg (1954).PastoriusGiorgio Carnevale G. David Johnson 2015 A Cretaceous Cusk-Eel (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes) from Italy and the Mesozoic Diversification of Percomorph Fishes Copeia 103 4 771–791 10.1643/CI-15-236 86033746 Gen. et sp. novValidCarnevale & JohnsonLate Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)Liburnica FormationItalyA member of Ophidiiformes. The type species is Pastorius methenyi.PermoceratodusO. A. Lebedev A. G. Sennikov V. K. Golubev N. I. Krupina G. Niedźwiedzki T. Sulej 2015 The first find of Permian ceratodontids (Dipnoi, Osteichthyes) in Russia Paleontological Journal 49 10 1112–1124 10.1134/S0031030115110052 2015PalJ...49.1112L 130047807 Gen. et sp. novValidKrupina in Lebedev et al.Late Permian (Vyatkian)RussiaA lungfish related to the Queensland lungfish. The type species is Permoceratodus gentilis.PharisatichthysJean Gaudant Giorgio Carnevale 2015 Pharisatichthys aquensis n. gen., n. sp.: un nouveau poisson fossile (Teleostei, Gerreidae) de l'Oligocène supérieur d'Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, France) Geodiversitas 37 1 109–118 10.5252/g2015n1a5 2318/1537820 130567365 https://zenodo.org/record/4534877 Gen. et sp. novValidGaudant & CarnevaleLate OligoceneFranceA mojarra. The type species is Pharisatichthys aquensis.Pomatoschistus bunyatoviSp. novValidBratishko et al.MioceneCzech Republic Italy Kazakhstan SerbiaOriginally described as a species of Pomatoschistus, but subsequently transferred to the gobionelline genus Hellenigobius.Werner Schwarzhans Konstantina Agiadi Danae Thivaiou 2021 Teleost otoliths from the Aquitanian (early Miocene) of the Felli section in Greece: the roots of the Mediterranean goby stock (Gobiidae, Gobiiformes) Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 127 3 485–495 10.13130/2039-4942/16126 Ponticola zosimovichiSp. novValidBratishko et al.Miocene (early Serravallian)KazakhstanA goby, a species of Ponticola.Proterorhinus vasilievaeSp. novValidSchwarzhans, Bradić & RundićMiocene (early Serravallian)SerbiaA tubenose goby.PseudovinctiferGloria Arratia 2015 Los peces osteíctios fósiles de Chile y su importancia en los contextos paleobiogeográfico y evolutivo Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 63 35–83 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279852059 Gen. et sp. novValidArratiaEarly CretaceousChileA member of Aspidorhynchidae. The type species is Pseudovinctifer chilensis.PshekharusA. F. Bannikov A. N. Kotlyar 2015 A New Genus and Species of Early Sarmatian Porgies (Perciformes, Sparidae) from the Krasnodar Region Paleontological Journal 49 6 627–635 http://www.maik.rssi.ru/cgi-perl/search.pl?type=abstract&name=paleng&number=6&year=15&page=627 10.1134/S0031030115060052 2015PalJ...49..627B 87870128 2015-11-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054633/http://www.maik.rssi.ru/cgi-perl/search.pl?type=abstract&name=paleng&number=6&year=15&page=627 2016-03-04 subscription Gen. et sp. novValidBannikov & KotlyarMioceneRussiaA member of Sparidae. The type species is Pshekharus yesinorum.Ptychoceratodus roemeriPiotr Skrzycki 2015 New species of lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from the Late Triassic Krasiejów site in Poland, with remarks on the ontogeny of Triassic dipnoan tooth plates Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 5 e964357 10.1080/02724634.2015.964357 2015JVPal..35E4357S 83615924 Sp. novValidSkrzyckiLate Triassic (Carnian)PolandA lungfish, a species of Ptychoceratodus.RayneriusSam Giles Sam Giles Laurent Darras Gaël Clément Alain Blieck Matt Friedman 2015 An exceptionally preserved Late Devonian actinopterygian provides a new model for primitive cranial anatomy in ray-finned fishes Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 1816 20151485 10.1098/rspb.2015.1485 26423841 4614771Gen. et sp. novValidGiles et al.Devonian (Frasnian)Ferques FormationFranceAn early ray-finned fish. The type species is Raynerius splendens.Sander svetovidoviO. M. Kovalchuk 2015 A New Extinct Species Of Pikeperch Sander svetovidovi (Teleostei, Percidae) From The Late Miocene Of Southern Ukraine Vestnik Zoologii 49 4 317–324 10.1515/vzoo-2015-0034 88229627 free Sp. novValidKovalchukLate MioceneUkraineA member of Percidae, a species of Sander.Sardina tarletskoviE. M. Baykina 2015 A new species of the genus Sardina (Pisces, Clupeidae) from the Middle Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys Paleontological Journal 49 4 402–406 10.1134/S0031030115040024 2015PalJ...49..402B 86539028 Sp. novValidBaykinaMiocene (Konkian-Sarmatian boundary)RussiaA relative of the European pilchard.Saurichthys breviabdominalisErin E. Maxwell Carlo Romano Feixiang Wu Heinz Furrer 2015 Two new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland, with implications for character evolution in the genus Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173 4 887–912 10.1111/zoj.12224 free Sp. novValidMaxwell et al.Middle Triassic (Ladinian)Besano FormationSwitzerlandA saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys.Saurichthys rieppeliSp. novValidMaxwell et al.Middle Triassic (Ladinian)Besano FormationSwitzerlandA saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys.Saurichthys yangjuanensisFei-Xiang Wu Yuan-Lin Sun Wei-Cheng Hao Da-Yong Jiang Zuo-Yu Sun 2015 A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii; Saurichthyiformes) from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China, with remarks on pattern of the axial skeleton of saurichthyid fishes Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 275 3 249–267 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0462 Sp. novValidWu et al.Middle Triassic (Anisian)Guanling FormationChinaA saurichthyiform, a species of Saurichthys.ScutatoclupeaAlexandre F. Bannikov 2015 A new genus for the Cenomanian ellimmichthyiform fishes from Lebanon and Mexico Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 54 3 211–218 10.4435/BSPI.2015.12 4 July 2025 Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidBannikovLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Lebanon MexicoA member of Clupeomorpha belonging to the group Ellimmichthyiformes and the family Paraclupeidae. The type species is Scutatoclupea bacchiai; genus also includes "Triplomystus" applegatei Alvarado-Ortega & Ovalles-Damián (2008).SerenichthysRobert W. Gess Michael I. Coates 2015 Fossil juvenile coelacanths from the Devonian of South Africa shed light on the order of character acquisition in actinistians Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 2 360–383 10.1111/zoj.12276 86054816 free Gen. et sp. novValidGess & CoatesDevonian (Famennian)South AfricaA coelacanth. The type species is Serenichthys kowiensis.200px|Silurus joergiJean Gaudant 2015 Re-examination of the upper Miocene freshwater fish fauna from Höwenegg (Hegau, Germany) Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 134 1 117–127 10.1007/s13358-015-0073-2 2015SwJP..134..117G 84139965 Sp. novValidGaudantLate MioceneGermanyA catfish belonging to the family Siluridae, a species of Silurus.Sinamia lanzhouensisCuo Peng Alison M. Murray Donald B. Brinkman Jiang-Yong Zhang Hai-Lu You 2015 A new species of Sinamia (Amiiformes, Sinamiidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 2 e902847 10.1080/02724634.2014.902847 2015JVPal..35E2847P 84245846 Sp. novValidPeng et al.Early CretaceousChinaA sinamiid amiiform (a relative of the bowfin), a species of Sinamia.Symphodus westneatiGiorgio Carnevale 2015 Middle Miocene wrasses (Teleostei, Labridae) from St. Margarethen (Burgenland, Austria) Palaeontographica Abteilung A 304 1–6 121–159 10.1127/pala/304/2015/124 Sp. novValidCarnevaleMioceneEisenstadt-Sopron BasinAustriaA wrasse, a species of Symphodus.TchungliniusNing Wang Feixiang Wu 2015 New Oligocene cyprinid in the central Tibetan Plateau documents the pre-uplift tropical lowlands Ichthyological Research 62 3 274–285 10.1007/s10228-014-0438-3 2015IchtR..62..274W 207064466 Gen. et sp. novValidWang & WuOligoceneNima BasinChinaA member of Cyprinidae. The type species is Tchunglinius tchangii.Trewasciaena suziniSp. novValidBratishko et al.Miocene (early Serravallian)KazakhstanA member of Sciaenidae, a species of Trewasciaena.TricerichthysGen. et sp. novValidTaverne & CapassoLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)LebanonA member of Pycnodontiformes belonging to the family Gladiopycnodontidae. The type species is T. wenzi.TrollichthysGiuseppe Marramà Giorgio Carnevale 2015 Eocene round herring from Monte Bolca, Italy Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 3 701–710 http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app000572014.html Gen. et sp. novValidMarramà & CarnevaleEarly Eocene (late Ypresian)ItalyA round herring. The type species is Trollichthys bolcensis.UrsichthysMichael G. Newbrey Takuya Konishi A new lizardfish (Teleostei, Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation of Alberta, Canada, with a revised diagnosis of Apateodus (Aulopiformes, Ichthyotringoidei) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 3 e918042 10.1080/02724634.2014.918042 2015 2015JVPal..35E8042N 85926465 Gen. et sp. novValidNewbrey & KonishiLate Cretaceous (late Campanian)Bearpaw FormationCanadaA member of Aulopiformes. The type species is Ursichthys longiparietalis.Valencia arcasensisSp. novValidGaudant et al.MioceneSpainA species of Valencia.WainwrightilabrusGen. et comb. novValidCarnevaleMioceneEisenstadt-Sopron BasinAustriaA wrasse. The type species is Wainwrightilabrus agassizi (Münster 1846).WaldmanichthysEmilia Sferco Adriana López-Arbarello Ana María Báez 2015 Phylogenetic relationships of †Luisiella feruglioi (Bordas) and the recognition of a new clade of freshwater teleosts from the Jurassic of Gondwana BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 1 268 10.1186/s12862-015-0551-6 26630925 4668602 2015BMCEE..15..268S free Gen. et comb. novSferco, López-Arbarello & BáezEarly CretaceousKoonwarra BedsAustraliaA teleost related to Luisiella feruglioi and Cavenderichthys talbragarensis; a new genus for "Leptolepis" koonwarri Waldman (1971).WushaichthysGuang-Hui Xu Li-Jun Zhao Chen-Chen Shen 2015 A Middle Triassic thoracopterid from China highlights the evolutionary origin of overwater gliding in early ray-finned fishes Biology Letters 11 1 20140960 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0960 25568155 4321159Gen. et sp. novValidXu, Zhao & ShenMiddle TriassicFalang FormationChinaA member of Thoracopteridae. The type species is Wushaichthys exquisitus.XylognathusGen. et sp. novValidSmithson, Richards & ClackCarboniferous (Tournaisian)Ballagan FormationUnited KingdomA lungfish. The type species is Xylognathus macrustenus. Other fishes Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCanyonlepisPlamen S. Andreev Michael I. Coates Richard M. Shelton Paul R. Cooper M. Paul Smith Ivan J. Sansom 2015 Upper Ordovician chondrichthyan-like scales from North America Palaeontology 58 4 691–704 10.1111/pala.12167 140675923 free Gen. et sp. novValidAndreev et al.Ordovician (Sandbian)United StatesA possible cartilaginous fish. The type species is Canyonlepis smithae.JanusiscusSam Giles Sam Giles Matt Friedman Martin D. 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