Blabe

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 Mokattam Formation limestone of the ancient Tura quarry.^[2]

Blabe Temporal range: Middle Eocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Serranidae (?)
Genus:	†Blabe White, 1936
Species:	†B. crawleyi
Binomial name
†Blabe crawleyi White, 1936

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

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish