Welcome to a project to help better identify & compare the diverse array of Eocene Fossil Fish from the London Clay using exceptional specimens from both public and private collections.
Beerichthys ingens moonlight feast
Duplexdens macropomus hunting shoaling Halecopsis
Progempylus edwardsi eating lobster larvae
Albula oweni battling with a large Xanthilites bowerbanki
Halecopsis ingens enjoying algae growing on tropical driftwood
Echelus branchialis snake eel ready and waiting!
Ampheristus toliapicus swimming along the silty floor
Fast moving Eothynnus salmoneus
Undescribed spadefish in the Eocene seas
Serranopsis londinensis gently disturbing the silty sea floor
Shoaling Sciaenurus bowerbanki
Naupygus bucklandi hovering over a Mithracia crab trying to hide
Argillichthys toombsi sitting in wait for a Bathysquilla stomatopod
What's new on this website?
- NEW Acestrus ornatus specimen added (Dec 25)
- NEW Beerichthys specimen added (Oct 25)
- NEW Naupygus bucklandi specimen added (Oct 25)
- Fish Distribution & Frequency Guide (May 25)
- Updated Images & Scans: Promegalops sheppeyensis, Undescribed Spadefish, Undescribed Scombrid #2 (May 25)
- New species added: Synophyrs hopei, Gonioncranion arambourgi, Echelus (Rhynchorhinus) branchialis (May 25)
- Fish Skull Identification Guide (May 25)