Antigonia fish

[thelivingdead531]

Since I’m asking about one fish, I might as well ask about another. Again, @Fossildude19 Tim I would love your opinion on this one. Of course, everyone’s opinions are welcome. 

 

Here is an Antigonia sp. fish from Poland, age is Oligocene. Fish measures 18mm in length.

 

First photos are direct screenshots.

 

Next two photos have been enhanced with a magnifier from my photo app.

 

Thanks in advance again!

[Huntonia]

Looks good to me. I'm not an expert on these by any means but I'm not seeing any red flags on this one. Looks like the typical preservation of the fish from Poland. Plus its placement on the edge of the plate, and it being a less than perfect example makes me inclined to think it's real. 

[thelivingdead531]

45 minutes ago, Huntonia said:

Looks good to me. I'm not an expert on these by any means but I'm not seeing any red flags on this one. Looks like the typical preservation of the fish from Poland. Plus its placement on the edge of the plate, and it being a less than perfect example makes me inclined to think it's real. 

Thank you for your help! How does the quality of it look to you? Decent preservation?

[Fossildude19]

Candace,

 

Excellent preservation, and totally real. You do have to be careful to keep these in a dry area, as they can be prone to pyrite disease.

And keep in mind, these fish are tiny. 

[RJB]

Cool little fish.

 

RB

[thelivingdead531]

6 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Candace,

 

Excellent preservation, and totally real. You do have to be careful to keep these in a dry area, as they can be prone to pyrite disease.

And keep in mind, these fish are tiny. 

Oh ok, I didn’t know that! Thankfully it’s quite dry here in Wyoming! If I did purchase this one, should I keep it separate from other fossils or do anything to it to prevent pyrite disease from taking hold? 
Oh yeah, I pulled out my handy-dandy metric ruler to see how big it would be in person. Very tiny fish indeed! But I don’t have anything like it so I figure it would be an interesting addition to my collection. 
 

Is there any way to assign a species to it?

[Fossildude19]

Just  Antigonia sp. , I think.

 

See THIS PDF.

 

I would keep it away from directly touching anything else, and maybe have some dessicant packets around it.

There is a danger from pyrite disease, with these black shales, but mine seem to be holding up OK so far. 

[thelivingdead531]

1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said:

Just  Antigonia sp. , I think.

 

See THIS PDF.

 

I would keep it away from directly touching anything else, and maybe have some dessicant packets around it.

There is a danger from pyrite disease, with these black shales, but mine seem to be holding up OK so far. 

Thanks for the PDF, it seems not a lot of Antigonia sp. fish have been described to a species level. I’m ok with that. 
 

Great advice on the desiccant packs, I’ll try to pick some up soon. 

[oilshale]

The humidity should remain below 50% - the lower the better. I keep the fish in a separate plastic box filled with silica gel. I use silica gel with humidity indicator that shows by color change when I need to regenerate it.

[thelivingdead531]

6 hours ago, oilshale said:

The humidity should remain below 50% - the lower the better. I keep the fish in a separate plastic box filled with silica gel. I use silica gel with humidity indicator that shows by color change when I need to regenerate it.

Thank you for the info! 

[Sjfriend]

Love the little fish!!!!! Very interesting little fish.

[thelivingdead531]

12 hours ago, Sjfriend said:

Love the little fish!!!!! Very interesting little fish.

I’m very excited for this one and the Argyropelecus cosmovicii to arrive, hopefully soon. I have no fish like them in my collection. They are tiny little things, but I like tiny fish so I’m happy with it.