Biology:Blabe
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Short description: Small, extinct prehistoric bony fish probably in the family Serranidae
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| Genus: | Blabe
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| Species: | B. crawleyi
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| Blabe crawleyi White 1936
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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
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ "Geology of Egypt" Government Press, 1965
- ↑ "Annals & magazine of natural history" Taylor and Francis, 1936
Wikidata ☰ Q4920013 entry
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