Uarbryichthys
Extinct genus of fishes
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Uarbryichthys 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, scup, or sea bream, but with a heterocercal tail fin.
| Uarbryichthys Temporal range: Upper Jurassic | |
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| Comparison of U. latus (top) and Cavenderichthys talbragarensis (bottom) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Ginglymodi |
| Order: | †Macrosemiiformes |
| Genus: | †Uarbryichthys Wade, 1941 |
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