Gonorynchidae
Gonorynchidae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Gonorynchiformes, which has a number of fossil taxa and one extant genus, Gonorynchus, the beaked salmons. They are an ancient group, with fossils known from as far back as the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. The family name comes from Ancient Greek γωνία, meaning "angle", and ῥύγχος, meaning "snout", referring to the angular snout that the type species use to dig themselves into the sand.
John Richardson is the original author of the family.
Taxonomy
The following genera are known:Aperioptus Richardson, 1848- †Charitopsis Gayet 1993
- †Charitosomus Hosius & Von Der Marck 1885
- †Gonorynchidarum Rana, 1988 Gonorynchus Scopoli, 1777 - beaked salmons
- †Hakeliosomus Gayet 1993
- †Judeichthys Gayet 1985
- †Lecceichthys Taverne, 1998
- †Notogoneus Cope 1885
- †Sapperichthys Amaral, Alvardo-Ortega & Brito, 2013
- †Ramallichthys Gayet 1982