Rhinconichthys

Rhinconichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish which existed during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.
Along with its close cousins the great-white-shark-sized or larger Bonnerichthys and the immense Leedsichthys, Rhinconichthys forms a line of giant filter-feeding bony pachycormid fish that swam the Jurassic and Cretaceous seas for over 100 million years.

Etymology

The generic name was chosen as a homophone of an unpublished name coined by Gideon Mantell, and is meant to evoke the generic name of the whale shark, Rhincodon.

Description

Rhinconichthys was a medium-sized fish. R. uyenoi grew to around long, while R. purgatoirensis was much smaller, around long.