 As suggested by their fossils' small, upturned mouths, and by comparison of its living relative, as "Mene maculata", fishes of this species were planktivore.The species shows close affinities with contemporary species inhabiting the coral reef environment of the Indo-Pacific warm seas.Their greatly valued fossils comes from the laggerstat Monte Bolca, about 30 kilometres north-east of Verona, Italy.