Leptolepides
In Depth Originally assigned to the genus Clupea (better known as herrings) as Clupea sprattiformis by Blainville in 1818, the species was actually erected to its own genus level in 1974 by Nybelin. Leptolepides were fairly small fish but are among the most numerous known from the Solnhofen limestones of Germany. Aside from being similar … Read more