Uarbryichthys

Uarbryichthys ("Uarbry Fish") is a genus of primitive ginglymodian ray-finned fish from fossil beds near the Talbragar River Bed. The various species were lake-dwelling fish that lived during the Upper Jurassic of Australia, and are closely related to the macrosemiids. The living animal would have had a superficial resemblance to a very small porgie, or sea bream, but with a heterocercal tail fin.

Uarbrychthys
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
Comparison of U. latus (top) and Cavenderichthys talbragarensis (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Macrosemiiformes
Family:
Uarbryichthyidae
Genus:
Uarbryichthys

Wade, 1941
Species
  • U. latus (Wade, 1941)[1]
  • U. incertus (Wade, 1953)[2]

References
  1. Bartram, A. W. H. 1977. The Macrosemiidae, a Mesozoic family of holostean fishes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology series 29:137-234. p. 82
  2. Bartram, A. W. H. 1977. The Macrosemiidae, a Mesozoic family of holostean fishes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology series 29:137-234. p. 71


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