Pagellus libanicus Pictet 1850 (perch-like fish)

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Sparidae

Alternative combination: Acanthophoria libanica

Full reference: F. J. Pictet. 1850. Description de quelques Poissons Fossiles du Mont Liban 1-59

Belongs to Pagellus according to A. S. Woodward 1898

See also Davis 1887, Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895, Pictet 1850 and Pictet and Humbert 1866

Sister taxa: Pagellus acarne, Pagellus albuquerquae, Pagellus caparicaensis, Pagellus concavus, Pagellus coupei, Pagellus gregarius, Pagellus leptosomus, Pagellus leptosteus, Pagellus marbellensis, Pagellus pamunkeyensis, Pagellus stenoura

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Boissier collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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