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 sulcatus
- Aglyptorhynchus venablesi
- Xiphiorhynchus priscus
Promegalops sheppeyensis
Scientific Classification
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)
Order: Elopiformes
Family: Elopidae
Genus: Promegalops
Species: sheppeyensis (Casier 1966)
This is an incredibly rare London Clay fish with one confirmed specimen in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London and a more complete specimen which is also believed to represent P.sheppeyensis. The Holotype for this specimen is only a neurocranium so provides some limitations when comparing it to more complete specimens which is why it is somewhat difficult to say conclusively that the second, more complete specimen, represents the same species. The second specimen is certainly Promegalops genus however.
- No sclerotic ossicle in orbit (1)
- Flat, elongated cranium (2)
- Two raised parallel ridges on cranium (3)


3D scans undertaken by Tom Sermon with permission.


3D scans undertaken by Tom Sermon with permission.
Casier, E. (1966) Fauna ichthyologique du London Clay. British Museum Natural History London, 1966, 1-496
Monsch, K (2005) Revision of the scombroid fishes from the Cenozoic of England
Raynor, Mitchell, Clouter (2009) London Clay Fossils of Kent and Essex