Fossil fish, fake or just painted?

[kmosaurusrex]

Hi y'all,

 

Was gifted this piece randomly, which was bought at an antique style store. The store made no claims to it being authentic, but I'm wondering if there's a possibility it is?

 

I admit I know literally nothing about fossils or fossil identification, I just used Google lens to see if it would pull up an exact copy as a quick first test. It didn't pull up this exact piece, but did pull up a previous discussion on this forum where somebody else was trying to determine if their fossil fish was real and it was, although it was painted. 

 

Is that the case here as well, or is this just a fun replica?

 

Thank you all so much in advance for sharing your knowledge with a total newbie!

[Notidanodon]

Looks entirely fake to me

[Kane]

Agreed. It's a fun replica, and one that could easily be displayed as a curio. Perhaps at some point it might be swapped out for an authentic fish fossil, so consider it a conversation piece and placeholder for now.  

[kmosaurusrex]

Thank y'all for the confirmation! Yes, it's definitely a fun piece either way

[North]

If you want real fish fossil. There is fish called Knightia from Green river formation that you can get at good price.

[Yoda]

Agree with others

Definitely fake