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
Sciaenurus bowerbanki
Scientific Classification
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)
Order: Spariformes
Family: Sparidae (Sea Breams & Porgies)
Genus: Sciaenurus
Species: bowerbanki (Agassiz, 1845)
Sciaenurus bowerbanki is probably one of the more common species of fish that can be found in the London clay. These have a very distinctive lacrymal bone which features heavy striations and a significant slanting angle to the top of the skull.
- Large sclerotic ossicle in orbit (1)
- Heavily striated lacrymal bone (2)
- Long, sharp teeth (3)
- Ornamentation above orbits on top of skull (4)
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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