Blabe
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]
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| Genus: | Blabe |
| Species: | B. crawleyi |
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| Blabe crawleyi White 1936 | |
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
- 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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