{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Nivchia makushoki | display_parents = 2 | fossil_range = {{fossil range|13|10|Middle Miocene}} | parent_authority = Nazarkin, 1998<ref name = Nazarkin>{{cite journal | author = Mikhail Valerievich Nazarkin | year = 1998 | title = New Stichaeid Fishes (Stichaeidae, Perciformes) from Miocene of Sakhalin | journal = Journal of Ichthyology | volume = 38 | issue =4 | pages = 279–291 | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273761112}}</ref> | authority = 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.<ref name = Nazarkin/> More recently, some studies suggest that it may belong to the recently-split Cebidichthyidae, due to its close morphological similarities to ''Cebidichthys''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brownstein |first=Chase D. |last2=Harrington |first2=Richard C. |last3=Radchenko |first3=Olga |last4=Near |first4=Thomas J. |date=2025 |title=Supplementary Information To: The Many Origins of Extremophile Fishes |url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2025.0217 |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |language=en |volume=292 |issue=2046 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2025.0217 |issn=1471-2954 |pmc=12074803 |pmid=40359972}}</ref>
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Category:Xiphisterinae
{{Scorpaeniformes-stub}} {{paleo-rayfinned-fish-stub}} Category:Fossil taxa described in 1998 Category:Miocene fish of Asia Category:Fossils of Russia Category:Monotypic prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Category:Serravallian genera