Haemulon strascinate Lin et al. 2017 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae

Full reference: C.-H. Lin, D. Nolf, E. Steurbaut and A. Girone. 2017. Fish otoliths from the Lutetian of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France), a breakthrough in the knowledge of the European Eocene ichthyofauna. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(11):879-907

Belongs to Haemulon according to C.-H. Lin et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Haemulon album, Haemulon sciurus

Type specimen: IRSNB P 9964. Its type locality is Saint-Geours-d’Auribat, Poudenx brickyard, which is in a Lutetian marine marl in the Donzacq Marl Formation of France.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Saint-Geours-d’Auribat, Poudenx brickyard

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