Italiano: Morphological comparison of saurichthyids with extant needlefish and flying fish. A. Sinosaurichthys longipectoralis. B. Sinosaurichthys longimedialis. C. Sinosaurichthys minuta. D. Saurichthys dawaziensis from Middle Triassic of Dawazi Section, Luoping, Yunnan, China (based on Wu et al. 2009). E. Atlantic needlefish Strongylura marina (Family Belonidae). F. Bluntnose flyingfish Prognichthys gibbifrons (Family Exocoetidae). E and F redrawed from images at http://www.fishbase.org/images/species that were originally from Cervigón et al. (1992).