Lobianchia sp.

Agiadi, Konstantina, Koskeridou, Efterpi & Thivaiou, Danae, 2021, At the crossroads: early Miocene marine fishes of the proto-Mediterranean Sea, Fossil Record 24 (2), pp. 233-246 : 238

Lobianchia sp.

Fig. 4A

Material

One otolith from level 11.

Remarks

Compared to Lobianchia dofleinoides Steurbaut , the otolith found here shows neither an anterodorsal curvature of the rim nor a strong dorsal depression. Moreover, the ostium is separated from the cauda with a clearly angular boundary, not one that is perpendicular to the posterodistal direction, as is the case for L. dofleinoides . Nevertheless, the sulcus, especially the ostium part, is quite wide, resembling more L. dofleinoides than L. dofleini (Zugmayer) . Thus, it was not possible to assign this specimen to either species, despite similarities, and we therefore left it in open nomenclature.

Figures

Figure 4. Photographs of the identified otoliths from the Felli section. (A) Lobianchia sp., Felli 11; (B–C) Myripristis verus Steurbaut, (B) Felli 11, (C) Felli 12; (D) Echiodon heinzelini Huyghebaert and Nolf, Felli 11; (E) Apogon moyesi Steurbaut, Felli 11; (F) “Batrachoidida” vigneauxi (Steurbaut), Felli 11; (G) Blennius sp., Felli 11; (H) Arnoglossus holleri Weinfurter, Felli 11; (I) Microchirus latior (Schubert), Felli 11; (J–K) Mullus elongatus Steurbaut, (J) Felli 11, (K) Felli 12; (L) Cepola yrieuensis Steurbaut, Felli 11; (M–N) Pomadasys sp., Felli 11; (O) Pagrus sp., Felli 11. (F), (H), (J), and (K) have been mirrored to facilitate comparison.