Iraniplectus
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| Iraniplectus | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontoidea |
| Genus: | †Iraniplectus Tyler, Mirzaie & Nazemi 2006[1] |
| Species: | †I. bakhtiari |
| Binomial name | |
| †Iraniplectus bakhtiari Tyler, Mirzaie & Nazemi 2006 | |
Iraniplectus bakhtiari is an extinct relative of modern-day pufferfish and porcupine fish from the Middle Oligocene of Iran. It is closely related to the Eocene Zignoichthys.
