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page 1Serravallian genera
Mene
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 lateral compression and 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.
Cormohipparion
Cormohipparion (Greek: "noble" (cormo), "pony" (hipparion) is an extinct genus of horse belonging to the tribe Hipparionini that lived in North America and Eurasia during the Late Miocene to Pliocene (Hemphillian to Blancan in the NALMA classification). They grew up to long.