Scorpaena jeanneli Arambourg 1927 (scorpionfish)

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae

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 Scorpaena according to C. Arambourg 1927

Sister taxa: Scorpaena boulei, Scorpaena corallophilus, Scorpaena ensiger, Scorpaena osterodenensis, Scorpaena pilari, Scorpaena tessieri

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: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Raz-el-Ain

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