Sciaena, Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 93-94

“ Sciaena ” livesayi ( Müller, 1999)

Fig. 35J–O

“genus aff. Umbrina ” livesayi Müller, 1999: 163, figs 33/23–30, 34/1–2.

“ Sciaenida ” livesayi – Nolf 2013: 107, pl. 283.

Sciaena intermedia – Stringer et al. 2022: 9, fig. 4b–e.

Remarks

See remarks under “ Sciaena ” intermedia .

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution

Lutetian: “Stone City beds”, Texas; Piney Point Formation, Virginia. Bartonian: Cook Mountain Formation, Texas and Mississippi; “upper” Lisbon Formation, Alabama.

Figures

Fig. 35. Fish otoliths from the US middle and upper Eocene. A–I. “Sciaena” intermedia Koken, 1888. A–F. “Stone City beds”, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, sample 2 from bed P, Texas (IRSNB P 10235– 10240). G–H. “Upper” Lisbon F., Barrytown, County Road 21, Alabama (IRSNB P 10241–10242). I. “Stone City beds”, Alabama Ferry, on Trinity River, North, Texas (IRSNB P 10243). J–O. “Sciaena” livesayi (Müller, 1999). J–M. Wheelock M., Little Brazos River, confluence with Brazos River, Texas (IRSNB P 10244–10247). N–O. Piney Point F., sand and gravel pit, Bottoms Bridge, loc. 22 of Müller, Virginia, paratypes (IRSNB P 10248–10249). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm.