Order Perciformes Genus Mene Higher classification Mene | Phylum Chordata Family Menidae Scientific name Mene oblonga Rank Species | |
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Similar Mene rhombea, Mene, Perciformes, Eoplatax, Ceratoichthys | ||
Mene oblonga is a species of perciform fish that first appeared in the Monte Bolca Lagerstatten during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene. For a menid, it has a very shallow body, especially in comparison with the sympatric Mene rhombea. Its fossils are very rare in Monte Bolca. A single fossil from the early Oligocene, referred to as "Mene oblonga var. pusilla," was found in Chiavon, Italy.
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