Varicus sp. 1

Schwarzhans, Werner W. & Aguilera, Orangel A., 2024, Otoliths of the Gobiidae from the Neogene of tropical America, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (13) 143 (1), pp. 1-129 : 81

Varicus sp. 1

Figure 35g –h

Material 3 specimens Calabrian , Cumaná FM , Venezuela, PPP 3038 (figured specimens NMB P15772-73 ) .

Discussion Tese are relatively small and compressed specimens with a small and simple-shaped sulcus that resemble in habitus the extant V. cephalocellatus

( Fig. 35c ).

Figures

Fig. 35 a Varicus decorum van Tassell, Baldwin & Tornabene,2016,extant, USNM 442131, 12°05’N 68°17’W, 163 m. b Varicus veliguttatus van Tassell, Baldwin & Gilmore, 2016, extant, USNM 442770, 17°27’N 62°59’W, 240 m. c Varicus cephalocellatus Gilmore, van Tassell & Baldwin, 2016, extant, USNM 442058, Bonaire,12°05’N 68°17’W, 84-226 m, SL 28 mm. d–f Varicus pliocenicus n. sp., Cubagua FM,Venezuela,PPP 2568; d holotype,NMB P15769; e–f paratypes, NMB P15770-71. g–h Varicus sp.1, Cumaná FM,Venezuela, PPP 3038, NMB P15772-73. i–j Varicus sp.2, Cubagua FM,Venezuela; i PPP 3057, NMB P15774; j PPP 3055,NMB P15775