Blabe Explained

Blabe is an extinct genus of small, prehistoric ray-finned fish probably belonging to the family Serranidae that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch of Egypt.^[1] It has a single known species, B. crawleyi, known from the Upper Lutetian limestone of the ancient Tura quarry.^[2]

The generic name translates as "nuisance," referring to how the lack of scales on the type specimen frustrated its describer's attempts to understand the fish's exact systemic position.^[3] The specific name commemorates one Cecil Crawley, who discovered the first specimen.^[4]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2009-02-20 .
2. White . Errol Ivor . 1936 . V.— On certain Eocene percoid fishes . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . en . 18 . 103 . 43–54 . 10.1080/00222933608655173 . 0374-5481.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=QJVUAAAAMAAJ&q=blabe+nuisance "Geology of Egypt" Government Press, 1965
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=QygkAQAAIAAJ&q=blabe+crawleyi "Annals & magazine of natural history" Taylor and Francis, 1936