Ijimaia

Ijimaia is a genus of jellynose fishes, one of four in the order Ateleopodiformes. The genus occurs in the fossil record since the Middle Miocene.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Ijimaia antillarum <small>Howell-Rivero, 1935</small>
• Ijimaia dofleini <small>, 1905</small>
• Ijimaia fowleri <small>Howell-Rivero, 1935</small>
• Ijimaia loppei <small>Roule, 1922</small> (Loppe's tadpole fish)
• Ijimaia plicatellus <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1905)</small> (deepwater ateleopodid)

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