Ijimaia Explained

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

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Ijimaia antillarum Howell-Rivero, 1935
• Ijimaia dofleini Sauter, 1905
• Ijimaia fowleri Howell-Rivero, 1935
• Ijimaia loppei Roule, 1922 (Loppe's tadpole fish)
• Ijimaia plicatellus (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (deepwater ateleopodid)

Notes and References

1. Bitner . Maria . Hladilová . Šárka . Šamánek . Jaroslav . Turek . Tomáš . 2024 . Middle Miocene (Badenian) brachiopods from the Borač area (Carpathian Foredeep, Moravia, Czech Republic) . Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae . 10.14241/asgp.2024.06 . 0208-9068. free .