†family Balkariidae Bannikov et al. 2017 (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Balkariidae
Full reference: A. F. Bannikov, J. C. Tyler, D. Arcila and G. Carnevale. 2017. A new family of gymnodont fish (Tetraodontiformes) from the earliest Eocene of the Peri-Tethys (Kabardino-Balkaria, northern Caucasus, Russia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(2):129-146
Parent taxon: Tetraodontoidei according to A. F. Bannikov et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Avitoplectidae, Ctenoplectus, Diodontidae, Eoplectoidea, Moloidea, Tetraodontidae, Tetraodontoidea, Triodontoidea
Subtaxa: Balkaria
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Khieu River, Eocene (Eocene of Russian Federation)