Mene purdyi

Mene purdyi an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the genus "Mene", from Late Thanetian-aged marine deposits in northern Peru. "M. purdyi" is currently known only from a single skull and a few post-cranial bones. "M. purdyi" is among the largest, if not the largest, members of the genus, as the skull suggests that it would have been over in life. The living species, "M. maculata", by comparison, grows to an average length of .