Boops Cuvier 1814 (perch-like fish)
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Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Sparidae
Parent taxon: Sparidae according to T. Argyriou 2022
See also Carnevale 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Archosargus, Box, Calamus, Crenidens, Crommyodus, Dentex, Evynnis, Lagodon, Pagellinae, Pagrus, Paracalamus, Pshekharus, Rhythmias, Sparinae, Stenotomus
Subtaxa: Boops neogenicus Boops roulei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (4), Italy (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Czechia (2), Italy (3)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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