Daedalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch. It contains a single species, D. formosa (=D. higginsi <small>Warren, 1936</small>) from the Olenekian-aged Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. It was previously classified in Dictyopyge.
It was a member of the redfieldiiforms, a group of presumed basal neopterygians that were widespread during the Triassic.