Whiteichthys Explained

Whiteichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian age of the Mississippian epoch in what is now Greenland.

It is named after Errol Ivor White.

Classification

Whiteichthys was variably classified in the families Palaeoniscidae, Canobiidae or Whiteichthyidae.^[1]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Book: Schultze . Hans-Peter . Mickle . Kathryn E. . Poplin . Cecile . Hilton . Eric J. . Grande . Lance . 2021 . Handbook of Paleoichthyology, 8A. Actinopterygii I. Palaeoniscimorpha, Stem Neopterygii, Chondrostei . Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München . 299 . 978-3-89937-272-4.