| Zhongjianichthys Temporal range: Early-Middle Cambrian | |
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| An artist's reconstruction of Zhongjianicthys | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Myllokunmingiidae |
| Genus: | †Zhongjianichthys |
| Type species | |
| †Zhongjianichthys rostratus Shu, 2003 | |
Zhonjianicthys is a genus of basal chordate that lived during the Cambrian period. It belonged to the Myllokunmingiidae, which are among the first known fish, and, therefore, the first known vertebrates[1]. It lacked jaws and scales. The genus contains the species Z. rostratus.