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]

Blabe
Temporal range: Middle Eocene[1]
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Family:
Serranidae
Subfamily:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Blabe
Species:
B. crawleyi
Binomial name
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
  1. 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.
  2. "Geology of Egypt" Government Press, 1965
  3. "Annals & magazine of natural history" Taylor and Francis, 1936


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