Description

Argyropelecus bullockii (David, 1943)
Upper Miocene
Monterey Formation
Santa Barbara County, California, USA

Big 53mm hatchetfish on 218mm slab with big partial fish on back.

The article below reviews a fish fauna from a number of sites in Poland with an Atlantic deepwater hatchetfish species, A. cosmovicii, discussed in detail.

Jerzmanska, A. N. N. A. (1968).  Ichthyofaune des couches à ménilite (Flysch des Karpathes). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 13, 379-481.

First we have ever seen from California