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
Paraberyx bowerbanki
Scientific Classification
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)
Order: Beryciformes (Soldier/Pricklefish)
Family: Berycidae
Genus: Paraberyx
Species: bowerbanki (Casier 1966)
Paraberyx bowerbanki is a small Berycoid fish which is only represented by 3-4 specimens with varying levels of quality of preservation. The holotype is the best preserved and does show the top of the cranium which helps allocate this small fish to the Berycoid family.
- Flat top of skull with a gentle sloping angle to the front of the mouth (1)
- Wide gape with relatively large dentary bones in the lower jaw (2)
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