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
Ophidiiformes (Cusk-eels)
Scientific Classification
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)
Superorder: Percomorpha
Order: Ophidiiformes (Cusk-eels)
Ophidiiformes are an order of ray-finned fish which include cusk-eels, brotula and pearlfish. These bottom-dwelling marine fish are characterised by their long, slender bodies with both dorsal and anal fins.
Ophidiiformes evolved during the Late Cretaceous. Ampheristus is the only described member of this order within the Eocene, London Clay and represents one of the earliest known members of this order.
This image shows an extant Brotula cusk-eel, a modern relative to Ampheristus.
Brotula barbata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Observed in Cabo Verde by Sylvain Le Bris (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
