Fossil Razorfish Centriscus Mass Mortality from Italy

Centriscus strigatus

Order Palaeonisciformes, Family Palaeoniscidae

Geological Time: Lower Pliocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Fish fossils range between 8 and 9 cm (3 1/8 -3 5/8”) on a 20.3 x 30 cm (8 x 12”) plate

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

Fossil Code: PFF316

Price: $400.00

Centriscus strigatusDescription: The plate contains four complete and one incomplete specimen. They are aesthetically displayed on the large tan colored plate. The preservation is very good and typical of that found from this location.

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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