Mene oblonga

Mene oblonga
Temporal range: Lutetian to Early Oligocene
Fossil specimen at the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Menoidei
Family: Menidae
Genus: Mene
Species:
†M. oblonga
Binomial name
†Mene oblonga
Agassiz, 1833
Artist's reconstruction of Mene oblonga
Artist's reconstruction

Mene oblonga is an extinct species of ray-finned fish that first appeared in the Monte Bolca Lagerstatten during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene. For a menid, it has a very shallow body, especially in comparison with the sympatric Mene rhombea. Its fossils are very rare in Monte Bolca. A single fossil from the early Oligocene, referred to as "Mene oblonga var. pusilla," was found in Chiavon, Italy.

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