#ancient fish

The sacabambaspis (Sacabambaspis Janervi) is an ancient Ordovician era fish found along the tropical shallow waters off the supercontinent Gondwana. It’s the precursor to most segmented vertebrae and to many jawless fishes like lampreys and hagfish. It also has a lateral line system that helps it sense movement in the water.

Its most prominent feature is its front facing eyes and forever surprised expression, using what’s most likely suction feeding since it has no jaw. But it’s also heavily armored on its top half down to the tail in a chevron pattern, with narrow webbed fins at the lower end of its tail.

Most popular depictions are incorrect, as this initial museum model they got popular… Was made in a rush with craft store supplies!!

I love this ugly little fish also here’s a comparison from its fossil to a drawn reconstruction from online that I think is still pretty accurate