Phareodus encaustus

This Phareodus encaustus I dug at the Fossil Safari Quarry in Fossil Lake from the Green River formation in Wyoming showing very good soft tissue preservation of the skin and scales. It is a complete specimen with no restoration and the mouth is open showing the sharp teeth. This fish species is distinguished by its large rear fins on top and bottom and large sharp pointed teeth indicating its carnivorous diet.  The fish itself is 7” long on a thick piece of lake bottom sediment that is approximately that is 9-1/2” wide 8” tall and nearly 3/4” thick and is backed in maple plywood for protection and can be displayed in a stand or hanging hardware can be added for a wall presentation.
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 Phareodus encaustus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Are readily distinguished by its long pectoral fin and large pointed teeth with the testis having a smaller head and smaller teeth. The teeth testify to the fish's likely carnivorous behavior, and so too the scales often found preserved in the stomach or die with a fish still lodged on their mouth (aspiration). In fact, the name means "to have tooth". A member of family Osteoglossidae, it has extant cousins found in Central-South America and Southeast Asia. They were known to group together when young but were solitary hunters as an adult.