Apogon americanus, (Dante & Frizzell, 1965)

Lin, Chien-Hsiang & Nolf, Dirk, 2022, Middle and late Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA, European Journal of Taxonomy 814, pp. 1-122 : 61-62

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.814.1745

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:74226488-DE8B-4A64-B1D4-A24C15AE79F6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6492716

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/897AA073-FF92-394B-E913-C685FAA55AED

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Felipe

scientific name

Apogon americanus
status

 

“ Apogon ” americanus (Dante & Frizzell, 1965) View in CoL

Fig. 20F–J View Fig

Myctophum View in CoL ” americanum Dante & Frizzell in Frizzell & Dante, 1965: 696, pl. 86 figs 14–16.

“ Apogonida ” americana – Nolf 2013: 96, pl. 230.

Remarks

This species is characterized by the nearly equal length of the ostium and cauda and by the large ostial colliculum. Therefore, it reasonably aligns with the features of apogonid otoliths. However, the massive and protruding rostrum and compact posterior part of the otolith is not seen in any of the Recent apogonid genera. We here follow Nolf’s (2013) interpretation and place it as an incertae sedis genus within Apogonidae . A very large specimen (9 mm length) was collected at the Stone City Bluff (Texas) ( Fig. 20G View Fig ), expanding the range of otolith ontogeny of the species.

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution

Lutetian: Weches Formation and “Stone City beds”, Texas. Bartonian: Wheelock Member, Texas.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Apogonidae

Genus

Apogon

Loc

Apogon americanus

Lin, Chien-Hsiang & Nolf, Dirk 2022
2022
Loc

Myctophum

Frizzell D. L. & Dante J. H. 1965: 696
1965
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