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Extinct genus of fishes
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Iraniplectus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontoidea
Genus: †Iraniplectus
Tyler, Mirzaie & Nazemi 2006
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.

References

  1. Tyler, J.C.; Mirzaie, M.; Nazemi, A. (2006). New genus and species of basal tetraodontoid puffer fish from the Oligocene of Iran, related to the Zignoichthyidae (Tetraodontiformes). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona Geologia Paleontologia Preistoria, 30, 49-58
Taxon identifiers
Iraniplectus


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