Osteichthyes - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Alternative combinations: Clupea lewisii, Holcolepis lewisi, Osmeroides lewisi
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 Lebonichthys according to P. L. Forey 1973
See also Davis 1887, Hay 1903 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Lebonichthys gracilis, Lebonichthys namourensis
Type specimen: BMNH P4868, a skeleton. 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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