Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues)
Elopiformes (Tarpon / Tenpounders)
- Elops sp.
- Esocelops cavifrons
- Protarpon (Megalops) oblongus
- Protarpon (Megalops) priscus
- Promegalops sheppeyensis
- Promegalops signeuxae
Aulopiformes (Grinners & Lizardfish)
Beryciformes (Soldier/Pricklefish)
Scombriformes (Mackerel & Tuna)
- Eocoelopoma colei
- Eocoelopoma curvatum
- Eocoelopoma gigas
- Micrornatus hopwoodi
- Scombramphodon crassidens
- Scombramphodon sheppeyensis
- Duplexdens (Scombrinus) macropomus
- Scombrinus nuchalis
- Sphyraenodus priscus
- Tamesichthys decipiens
- Wetherellus brevior
- Wetherellus cristatus
- Wetherellus longior
- Woodwardella patellifrons
- Palaeocybium proosti
- Bramoides brieni
- Goniocranion arambourgi
- Undescribed Scombrid #1
- Undescribed Scombrid #2
Carangiformes (Jack Mackerels)
- Enniskillenus radiatus
- Cylindracanthus rectus
- Hemirhabdorhynchus elliotti
- Acestrus elongatus
- Acestrus ornatus
- Aglyptorhynchus venablesi
- Xiphiorhynchus priscus
Podocephalus nitidus
Scientific Classification
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)
Order: Spariformes
Family: Sparidae (Sea Breams & Porgies)
Genus: Podocephalus
Species: nitidus (Casier 1966)
Podocephalus nitidus is a smaller fish than P.curryi and is represented by two specimens in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. I’ve not heard of any other specimens of this species being found.
- No evidence of sclerotic ossicle in orbit (1)
- Relatively flat, sloping cranium (2)
- Cranium narrows sharply above orbits (3)
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Casier, E. (1966) Fauna ichthyologique du London Clay. British Museum Natural History London, 1966, 1-496
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Monsch, K (2005) Revision of the scombroid fishes from the Cenozoic of England
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Rayner, Mitchell, Clouter (2009) London Clay Fossils of Kent and Essex