Images of platypus fish found in ancient coral reefs

The first skeleton of this strange fish was discovered in 1980, but they are not complete. Now scientists have discovered the last missing part of it - and this discovery has confounded them.

Pictures of strange fish are outlined by scientists.

Archaeologists from Flinders University and Australian National University of Canberra have successfully reproduced the image of a strange fish that once inhabited an ancient coral reef system in Australia. Scientists successfully reconstructed the fossil of the creature then named it Brindabellaspis in limestone near the Lake Burrinjuck dam.

But what surprised the archaeologists was that this ancient fish actually had a long muzzle like a modern platypus.

Research author Benedict King said in an interview with online radio News.com.au: 'In front of it there is a long muzzle, and the jaw backs quite far. The eyes are above the head, and the nostrils protrude from the eye sockets. This fish looks quite strange. '

The scholar also added that this creature is most likely an ocean floor creature that uses snout to search for food and eyes to detect danger from above.