Kelliaichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine "palaeoniscoid" ray-finned fish that lived during the Cisuralian (early Permian) epoch in what is now East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan. It was originally named "Kellia" by Kazantseva-Selezneva (1980). Because this genus name was already given to an extant lasaeid bivalve (Kellia Turton, 1822), the new name Kelliaichthys was erected for the Permian fish. The genus includes a single species (monotypy): Kelliaichthys velox.

See also

Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish

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