Ellimmichthys
| Ellimmichthys Temporal range: | |
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| Illustration of E. goodi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Ellimmichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Paraclupeidae |
| Genus: | †Ellimmichthys Jordan, 1919 |
| Type species | |
| †Diplomystus longicostatus Cope, 1886 | |
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Ellimmichthys is an extinct genus of freshwater clupeomorph fish belonging to the order Ellimmichthyiformes, of which it is the type genus. It was a distant relative of modern herrings and anchovies. It inhabited freshwater rift lakes in the supercontinent of West Gondwana (comprising modern South America and Africa) during the Early Cretaceous, and fossil remains are known from formations in both South America (Brazil) and Africa (Equatorial Guinea).