Superb Fossil Razorfish Centriscus from Italy

Centriscus strigatus

Order Palaeonisciformes, Family Palaeoniscidae

Geological Time: Lower Pliocene

Size (25.4mm=1 inch): Fossil fish is 140 mm ( 5 ½” ) on a 220 x 170 cm ( 8 5/8 X 6 ¾” ) plate

Fossil Site: Marecchia River Formation, Poggio Berni, Rimimini Province, Italy

Fossil Code: PFF154

Price: $220.00

Fossil RazorfishDescription: The preservation of this specimen is spectacular, and about as good as it gets for specimens from this locality. The slender compressed body and sharp ventral edge has earned these fish the common name Razorfish. The tubular mouth shows that these members of the Syngnathiformes fed on small Crustaceans and such, much as their modern-day relatives Seahorses and Pipefishes. They were closely related to the Shrimpfishes of the same genus.

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