Judeichthys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|99.6|93.5|Lower Cenomanian<ref name="sepkoskidb"/>}} | taxon = Judeichthys | authority = Gayet, 1985 | type_species = †''Judeichthys haasi'' | type_species_authority = Gayet, 1985 }}

'''''Judeichthys''''' is an extinct genus of prehistoric gonorynchiform ray-finned fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian age of the Cretaceous.<ref name="sepkoskidb">{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |accessdate=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archivedate=2011-07-23 }}</ref><ref name="pdb">{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35479 |title=''Judeichthys''|publisher=Paleobiology Database|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref> There is one currently known species, ''Judeichthys haasi'', which was found near Ramallah in Palestine.<ref name = Grande>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oeRyCQAAQBAJ&q=Judeichthys&pg=PA187 | editor = Terry Grande | year = 2010 | title = Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships: A Comprehensive Review (Series on: Teleostean Fish Biology) ''Teleostean fish biology''| publisher = CRC Press | isbn = 9781439842683 | pages = 187–188}}</ref> The genus was named after the Judaean Mountains where it was discovered, while the species was named after professor Georg Haas. It reached a total length of about {{Convert|12|cm}}.<ref name="OG">{{cite journal |last1=Gayet |first1=M. |date=1985 |title=Gonorhynchiforme nouveau du Cénomanien inférieur marin de Ramallah (Monts de Judée): Judeichthys haasi nov. gen. nov. sp. (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Judeichthyidae nov. fam.). |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/247809#page/67/mode/1up |journal=Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section C, Sciences de la Terre, Paléontologie, Géologie, Minéralogie |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=65-85 |access-date=23 February 2026}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Paleontology|Fish}} * Prehistoric fish * List of prehistoric bony fish

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Late Cretaceous fish Category:Gonorynchidae Category:Late Cretaceous fish of Asia Category:Fossils of Palestine Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera