Two Species of Spanish Miocene Fish Fossils

Spratelloides gracilis and Maurolicus muelleri

Geological Time: Miocene

Size (25.4mm=1 inch): Spratelloides gracilis is 35 mm (the more slender fish) Maurolicus muelleri 47 mm

Fossil Site: Lorch (Murcia) Spain

Code: SpanishFish2X

Price: $75.00

Description: Spratelloides (Silver-stripe round herring) is a member of the Clupeidae family and is a herring, a schooling type fish that survives today. Maurolicus muelleri is a member of the Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and is also still alive today. Both of these fish are well-preserved, good-sized and about optimum quality from this locality.

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