Moythomasia

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Moythomasia (named for James Alan Moy-Thomas)[1] is an extinct genus of early ray-finned fish from the Devonian period of Europe and Australia.

Moythomasia was a small freshwater fish, Script error: No such module "convert". long. It had relatively large eyes, presumably to find prey in murky water. Its body was covered in specialized ganoid scales; the upper side of each scale sported a small pin that perfectly fit into the hollow lower side of the next scale. This allowed the fish to be both armored and flexible.[2]

Species

  • M. devonica (Clarke, 1885) [Palaeoniscus devonicus Clarke, 1885; Rhadinichthys devonicus (Clarke, 1885)]
  • M. durgaringa Gardiner & Bartram, 1977
  • M. lebedevi Plax, Bakaev & Naugolnykh, 2025
  • M. lineata Choo, 2015
  • M. nitida Gross, 1953
  • M. perforata (Gross, 1942) [Aldingeria perforata Gross, 1942]
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Reconstruction of M. durgaringa (top), M. nitida (middle), and M. lineata (bottom) based on Brian Choo's (2015) skeletal restoration

References

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