Citharichthys altissimus Nolf & Stringer, 2003

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 : 70

Citharichthys altissimus Nolf & Stringer, 2003

Fig. 39Q–R

Citharichthys altissimus Nolf & Stringer, 2003: 10 , pl. 8 figs 7–8.

Citharichthys altissimus – Nolf 2013: 125, pl. 344.

Remarks

This species is only known from the holotype and seven paratypes described by Nolf & Stringer (2003).

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution

Bartonian: Moodys Branch Formation, Louisiana. Priabonian: Yazoo Clay, Louisiana.

Figures

Fig. 39 (opposite page). Fish otoliths from the US middle and upper Eocene. A–F. Pseudopriacanthus obliquus (Nolf & Stringer, 2003), Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. A. Holoype (IRSNB P6994). B–F. Paratypes (IRSNB P 6995–6999).G. Pagrus esseri (Müller, 1999), Piney Point F.,sand and gravel pit, Bottoms Bridge, loc. 22 of Müller, Virginia, holotype (coll. Institut für Geowissenschaften, University of Leipzig, Nr.149/P38). H. Owstonia comes (Koken, 1888), Moodys Branch F., “Jackson River”, Mississippi, holotype (ZMB Ot. 165). I–N. “Gobius” vetustus (Nolf & Stringer, 2003), Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. I. Holoype (IRSNB P 7413). J–N. Paratypes (IRSNB P 7414–7418). O–P. “Citharus” hoffmani (Nolf & Stringer, 2003), Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. O. Holotype (IRSNB P 7424). P. Paratype (IRSNB P 7426). Q–R. Citharichthys altissimus Nolf & Stringer, 2003, Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. Q. Holotype (IRSNB P 7422). R. Paratype (IRSNB P 7423). S. Eosciaena ebersolei Stringer et al., 2022, Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana (IRSNB P 7027). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm.