Hendrixella, Bannikov & Carnevale, 2009

Alexandre F. Bannikov & Giorgio Carnevale, 2009, A new percoid fish from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy: Hendrixella grandei gen. & sp. nov., Swiss Journal of Geosciencei 102, pp. 481-488 : 482

Genus Hendrixella nov.

Diagnosis: Percoid with elongate and slender body; head pointed; jaw teeth sharp and posteriorly recurved; seven branchiostegal rays; 11 + 13 vertebrae; two series of intermuscular bones; caudal skeleton with five autogenous hypurals, three epurals, two uroneurals; haemal spine of third preural centrum fused; caudal fin with 17 principal rays and 11 upper and eight lower procurrent rays; predorsal formula 0/0/1 + 1/1/; two separated dorsal fins with a rayless pterygiophore in-between; first dorsal fin contains nine slender, flexible spines; first dorsal-fin spine supernumerary; second dorsal fin contains one spine and eight soft rays; anal fin with two spines (one supernumerary) and eight soft rays; anal fin opposed and nearly symmetrical to second dorsal fin; pectoral fin narrow; scales moderately large and weakly ctenoid.

Type species: Hendrixella grandei gen. & sp. nov., by monotypy and designation herein.

Etymology: Genus named in honour of the musician and composer James Marshall Hendrix.