Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
Full reference: E. I. White. 1926. Eocene fishes from Nigeria. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Nigeria 10:1-87
Belongs to Sphyraena according to E. I. White 1926
Sister taxa: Sphyraena amici, Sphyraena argentea, Sphyraena barracuda, Sphyraena bognorensis, Sphyraena bolcensis, Sphyraena crassidens, Sphyraena croatica, Sphyraena cunhai, Sphyraena egleri, Sphyraena fajumensis, Sphyraena hansfuchsi, Sphyraena intermedia, Sphyraena kugleri, Sphyraena longimana, Sphyraena major, Sphyraena malembeensis, Sphyraena muelleri, Sphyraena novaehollandiae, Sphyraena pannonica, Sphyraena senni, Sphyraena sternbergensis, Sphyraena striata, Sphyraena substriata, Sphyraena suessi, Sphyraena tyrolensis, Sphyraena viannai, Sphyraena viennensis, Sphyraena weberi, Sphyraena winkleri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ameki, SE of, which is in a Bartonian deep-water horizon in the Ameki Formation of Nigeria
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Nigeria (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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