Eophycis


Eophycis is an extinct genus of prehistoric morid gadiform fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch in the Paratethys Sea, where it is known from both the eastern and western regions. It represents the oldest fossil record of the Moridae.
It contains three species:E. froidefontainensis Pharisat, 1991 - Early Oligocene of France E. jamnensis Jerzmańska, 1968 - Early Oligocene of Poland E. pshekhiensis Rozenberg & Prokofiev, 2004 - Early Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia
Several articulated, well-preserved specimens of E. jamnensis are known from Poland.