Uarbryichthys

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); U. incertus (Wade, 1953);

Uarbryichthys ("Uarbry Fish") is a genus of primitive teleost 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.

References

^ 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
^ 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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