Blabe
| Blabe Temporal range: Middle Eocene[1] | |
|---|---|
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Blabe |
| Species: | B. crawleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Blabe crawleyi White 1936 | |
Blabe crawleyi is a small, extinct prehistoric bony fish probably belonging to the family Serranidae that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch of Egypt.[1]
The generic name translates as "nuisance," referring to how the lack of scales on the type specimen frustrated its describer's attempts to understand the fish's exact systemic position.[2] The specific name commemorates one Cecil Crawley, who discovered the first specimen.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ "Geology of Egypt" Government Press, 1965
- ↑ "Annals & magazine of natural history" Taylor and Francis, 1936
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