Pliocene Fossil Razorfish Centriscus strigatus from Italy

Name: Centriscus strigatus

Age: Lower Pliocene

Size: mm (25.4mm=1 inch) 130 mm in length on 170 mm by 120 mm matrix.

Location: Marecchia River Formation, Poggio Berni, Rimimini Province, Italy

Code: FF015

Price: $165.00 - Sold

Description: 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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