Davichthys

Davichthys Temporal range: Cenomanian to Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Specimen of D. gardneri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Elopiformes
Family:	Elopidae
Genus:	†Davichthys Forey, 1973
Species
†D. dubius (Davis, 1887) †D. gardneri Forey, 1973 †D. lacostei (Arambourg, 1954)

Davichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish related to modern ladyfish. It is known from the Late Cretaceous of southern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. It is one of the earliest known elopids.^[1][2][3][4]

The following species are known:

• †D. dubius (Davis, 1887) - Late Santonian of Lebanon (Sahel Alma) (=Osmeroides dubius Davis, 1887)
• †D. gardneri Forey, 1973 - Late Cenomanian of Lebanon (Sannine Formation)
• †D. lacostei (Arambourg, 1954) - Late Cenomanian of Italy (Scaglia Variegata Alpina Formation, Scaglia Bianca Formation) including Sicily (Argille Varicolori Formation), and Morocco (Jbel Tselfat) (=Holcolepis lacostei Arambourg, 1954)

This fish was usually less than 15 centimeters long, and its appearance must have been very similar to that of the modern Elops . Like the latter, Davichthys had an elongated body with an oval cross-section, slightly flattened laterally. The eyes were rather large, while the mouth had robust jaws. The dorsal fin and the anal fin were rather small; the ventral fins were inserted far back, under the dorsal. The pectoral fins were placed low on the body. The caudal fin was very broad and strongly forked.^[2]

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

• Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database

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Elopomorph genera

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei
Actinopterygii see Actinopterygii Neopterygii see Neopterygii Teleostei see Teleostei Elopomorpha see below↓ Elopomorpha

Elopiformes	†Anaethalion †Aulothrissus †Daitingichthys †Davichthys †Echinelops †Eichstaettia †Elopsomolos †Eoprotelops †Epaelops †Flindersichthys †Ichthyemidion †Leptoelops †Naiathaelon †Protelops †Phyllodontidae Egertonia Eodiaphyodus Paralbula Phyllodus Pseudoegertonia Elopidae †Ctenodentelops Elops †Kipalelops †Lyrolepis †Protoelops Megalopidae †Arratiaelops †Brouweria †Elopoides Megalops †Paratarpon †Promegalops †Protarpon †Sedenhorstia
Albuliformes	†Baugeichthys †Brannerion †Bullichthys †Euroka †Farinichthys †Holcolepis †Lebonichthys †Marathonichthys †Osmeroides †Palealbula †Paraelops †Protalbula †Stewartichthys Albulidae Albula †Casierius †Deltaichthys †Elopothrissus †Hajulia †Istieus †Italoalbula Nemoossis †Nunaneichthys †Phosphonatator †Pteralbula Pterothrissus
Notacanthiformes	Notacanthidae Lipogenys Notacanthus Polyacanthonotus Halosauridae Aldrovandia †Echidnocephalus Halosauropsis Halosaurus †Laytonia
Anguilliformes	see Eels

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