Exocoetoides tenuis Davis 1887 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes

Alternative combination: Engraulis tenuis

Full reference: J. D. Davis. 1887. The fossil fishes of the chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series II 3:457-634

Belongs to Exocoetoides according to D. Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895

See also Davis 1887

Sister taxon: Exocoetoides minor

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hakel (Lewis collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hakel (Lewis collection)

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