Leucaspius Heckel and Kner, 1858

Schulz-Mirbach, Tanja & Reichenbacher, Bettina, 2006, Reconstruction of Oligocene and Neogene freshwater fish faunas-an actualistic study on cypriniform otoliths, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), pp. 283-304 : 293

Genus Leucaspius Heckel and Kner, 1858 Leucaspius delineatus ( Heckel, 1843)

Fig. 14 .

Material and dimensions.—See Table 2.

Description.—The general shape is wide−ovate. The four edges are weakly pronounced and widely rounded.

Figures

Fig. 14. Utricular otoliths (lapilli) of Recent Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel, 1843) from breeding stations in Germany. A. BSPG 2003 IV 63b in dorsal view, represented as right lapillus, and mirrored (A1) and in anterior view, represented as left lapillus (A2). B. BSPG 2003 IV 63a in ventral view, represented as left lapillus (mirrored). C. BSPG 2003 IV 62 in dorsal view, represented as right lapillus (mirrored). A, B display a lapilli pair. SEM−pictures (A, B), digital picture (C).