What in Tarnation is this fish?

[RJB]

  I got this fossil fish from Lebanon a few months ago and it came in 4 pieces.  The fossil dealer told me it was Spaniodon.   With what research I did I find out it is not Spaniodon.   With more research I find that I can not find anything like this fish?  Can I ask you folks if you know what species of fish this is?   I'm working on the jaws of this fish which is turning out to be quite the challenge and have a ways to go till its finished but I'm turning this into a video and need this information if possible.  Thank you in advance.

 

RB

[Fossildude19]

@KING-X   @roland nohra  @oilshale

 

I can't help on this one, Ron, but maybe the experts will chime in... 

 

Great fish, whatever it is! 

[oilshale]

Sorry Ron, the fish will be super beautiful, but I have zero idea what it could be.
The picture book is in Arabic (which I don't understand) and the pictures are fuzzy, but there is no matching fish in there.

Fossils from Lebanon.pdf

Edited May 22, 2023 by oilshale

[Tidgy's Dad]

58 minutes ago, oilshale said:

The picture book is in Arabic (which I don't understand) and the pictures are fuzzy, but there is no matching fish in there.

If anyone ever needs a little Arabic translation (not a whole book!), I would always be very happy to help. 

[doushantuo]

it looks vaguely salmoniform,in my humble opinion

if you mixed Gharbouria,Pattersonichthys and Enchodus brevis, a generic berycoid and a halecomorph  into one.it might look a bit like this

 

edit: it is SLIGHTLY reminiscent of Quetzalichthys ,btw which is not known from Levantine lithographic limestone lagerstatten,I believe

Edited May 23, 2023 by doushantuo

[Yoda]

@roland nohra may know 

[RJB]

Oh boy!  Looks like this is going to be a tuff one.  I will cross my fingers and hope for some info but I want to thank you all for trying.  Thank you

RB

[Tidgy's Dad]

3 minutes ago, RJB said:

Oh boy!  Looks like this is going to be a tuff one.  I will cross my fingers and hope for some info but I want to thank you all for trying.  Thank you

RB

Quite exciting though, to have something clearly pretty unusual. 

[doushantuo]

RJB,you might consider this Spaniodon Latus,"fat morph",and I am being serious.

Infraorbitals 1 and two SHOULD be inflated

edit: if they are preserved/present

Edited May 23, 2023 by doushantuo

[RJB]

2 minutes ago, doushantuo said:

RJB,you might consider this Spaniodon Latus","fat morph",and I am being serious.

Infraorbitals 1 and two SHOULD be inflated

Fat morph is funny cause I've got it labeled as 'Fatso Fish' in my video files.  and thanks for the help doushauntuo

[doushantuo]

a Spaniodon (2,3,4 )as figured by Pictet(public domain)

 

 

 

I think RJB 's fish is partly "smeared out",and /or microbial mats might have someting to do with the preservation as well.

 

However ,it is NOT disarticulated,as far as I can tell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 23, 2023 by doushantuo

[roland nohra]

It is an unnamed fish from the family : Pachyrhizodontids,  and it is from Hjoula quarry 

[doushantuo]

Protobrama might be a possibility