Barbatula barbatula ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 294-295

Barbatula barbatula ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Fig. 21 .

Material and dimensions.—See Table 2.

Description.—The general shape is drop−like. Only the posterolateral edge is well developed in all specimens. However, these lapilli are best characterised by their peculiar general shape.

SCHULZ−MIRBACH AND REICHENBACHER—RECENT AND FOSSIL CYPRINIFORM OTOLITHS 295

Figures

Fig. 21. Utricular otoliths (lapilli) of Recent Barbatula barbatula (Linnaeus, 1758) from wild catches in Germany. A, D, F. BSPG 2003 IV 135, 133, and 126 respectively, in ventral views, represented as left lapilli (mirrored). B, C. BSPG 2003 IV 127 and 128 respectively, in dorsal views, represented as right lapilli (B mirrored). E. BSPG 2003 IV 132, represented as right lapillus in dorsal (E1) and anterior (E2) views. SEM−pictures (A, B, E, F), digital photographs (C, D).