Mene

Short description: Genus of fishes

Mene

Temporal range: 58.7–0 Ma

PreЄ

Thanetian to Present[1]

Mene maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Carangiformes
Family:  | Menidae
Fitzinger, 1873
Genus:  | Mene
Lacépède, 1803
Species

* Mene maculata
* †Mene rhombea
* †Mene purdyi
* †Mene oblonga
* †Mene phosphatica
* †Mene triangulum
* †Mene novaehispaniae
* †?Mene kapurdiensis

Synonyms

* Meneus Rafinesque, 1815

The moonfish of the genus Mene, the sole extant genus of the family Menidae, are disk-shaped fish which bear a vague resemblance to gourami, thanks to their thread-like pelvic fins. Today, the genus is represented only by Mene maculata of the Indo-Pacific, where it is a popular food fish, especially in the Philippines , where it is known as bilong-bilong, chabita, hiwas or tahas.[2]

As a genus, Mene has a long fossil history, with species found in marine sediments throughout the Cenozoic Era.[3] The earliest accepted species, M. purdyi from the Paleocene of Peru, resemble later species, such as M. rhombea of the Monte Bolca lagerstätte, and even the living species, M. maculata. Experts remain undecided whether the Tunisian species, M. phosphatica is from the Lower Paleocene, thus making it older than M. purdyi, or whether it is from the Ypresian epoch of the Eocene. Almost all of the species are known primarily from the Paleogene; the Neogene record is rather sparse, if not totally nonexistent, with some otoliths found in Miocene strata, and no whole or even partial specimens known from Pliocene or Pleistocene strata.

Anatomical and recent molecular studies strongly suggest a relationship with the pomfrets, dolphinfishes, remoras and the jacks in the order Carangiformes.[4]

*     * †Mene phosphatica, lover Paleocene, Tunisia
* †Mene purdyi, upper Paleocene, Peru
* †Mene triangulum, upper Paleocene?, Turkmenistan
* †Mene sp., lover Eocene, Denmark
* †Menidarum ornatissimus, early Eocene, France
* †Leiomene kapurdiensis, lover Eocene, India
* †Mene rhombea, middle Eocene, Italy
* †Mene oblonga, middle Eocene, Italy
* †Menidarum occultus, middle Eocene, India
* †Mene sekharani,Eocene, France
* †Mene oblonga, Oligocene, France
* †Mene novaehispaniae, Oligocene, Antigua

* Mene sp, from Fur Formation, Denmark

* Mene rhombea, from Bolca

* Mene oblonga and Mene rhombea restorations

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## References

1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
2. ↑ Small-scale fisheries of San Miguel Bay, Philippines: options for management and research. ISBN 971-10-2208-7.
3. ↑ Matt Friedman, and G. David Johnson. “A New Species of Mene (Perciformes: Menidae) from the Paleocene of South America, with Notes on Paleoenvironment and a Brief Review of Menid Fishes.” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 25, no. 4, 2005, pp. 770–83. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4524505.
4. ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 380. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/.

## External links

* "A new species of Mene (Perciformes: Menidae) from the Paleocene of South America, with notes on paleoenvironment and a brief review of menid fishes."

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