†Mugil ornatus Arambourg 1927 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Full reference: C. Arambourg. 1927. Les Poissons fossiles d'Oran. Materiaux Pour la Carte Geologique de l'Algerie, 1re Serie, Paleontologie 6:1-298
Belongs to Mugil according to C. Arambourg 1927
Sister taxa: Mugil cephalus, Mugil latus, Mugil minax, Mugil princeps
Type specimen: Its type locality is Raz-el-Ain, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in the Raz-el-Ain Formation of Algeria
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Raz-el-Ain
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