Ekokenia Frizzell and Dante 1965 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae

Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718

Parent taxon: Sciaenidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Argyrosomus, Caucasisciaena, Fisherichthys, Pogonias, Sciaena, Sciaenops, Stelliferinae

Subtaxa: Ekokenia eporrectus

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Ouachita River (Eocene of Louisiana)

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