Sebastavus vertebralis Jordan and Gilbert 1919 (perch-like fish)

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sebastidae

Full reference: D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1919. Fossil Fishes of the Miocene (Monterey) Formations. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series 13-60

Belongs to Sebastavus according to D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert 1919

See also Fierstine et al. 2012

Sister taxon: Sebastavus elatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is El Modena, which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Monterey Formation of California

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sebastavus vertebralis in the database

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