Nivchia
| Nivchia Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Stichaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Xiphisterinae |
| Genus: | † Nazarkin, 1998[1] |
| Species: | †N. makushoki |
| Binomial name | |
| †Nivchia makushoki Nazarkin, 1998 | |
Nivchia is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. Its only species Nivchia makushoki was found in Miocene deposits on Sakhalin.[1] More recently, some studies suggest that it may belong to the recently-split Cebidichthyidae, due to its close morphological similarities to Cebidichthys.[2]
References
- ^ a b Mikhail Valerievich Nazarkin (1998). "New Stichaeid Fishes (Stichaeidae, Perciformes) from Miocene of Sakhalin". Journal of Ichthyology. 38 (4): 279–291.
- ^ Brownstein, Chase D.; Harrington, Richard C.; Radchenko, Olga; Near, Thomas J. (2025). "Supplementary Information To: The Many Origins of Extremophile Fishes". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292 (2046). doi:10.1098/rspb.2025.0217. ISSN 1471-2954. PMC 12074803. PMID 40359972.