Description
Argyropelecus bullockii
Upper Miocene
Monterey Formation
Santa Barbara County, California, USA
55mm hatchetfish on 143mm slab.
Here is a specimen of a Pacific Ocean species that has recently come on the market. 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.