Bolbometopon Smith 1956 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Labriformes - Scaridae

Parent taxon: Scaridae according to D. R. Bellwood and O. Schultz 1991

Sister taxa: Calotomus, Cetoscarus, Hipposcarus, Pacuarescarus, Scarinae, Scarus

Subtaxa: Bolbometopon muricatum

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Dutch Bay (Miocene of Sri Lanka)

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