Sardinella VALENCIENNES , 1847

Přikryl, Tomáš, 2013, An Annotated List Of The Oligocene Fish Fauna From The Osíčko Locality (Menilitic Fm.; Moravia, The Czech Republic), Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 69 (3 - 4), pp. 195-203 : 198

Genus Sardinella VALENCIENNES, 1847

Sardinella sardinites ( HECKEL, 1850)

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Meletta sardinites ; Heckel, p. 227, pls 23–24.

Meletta longimana ; Heckel, p. 231, pl. 25.

Meletta crenata ; Heckel, p. 233, pl. 26.

Clupea crenata (HECKEL) ; Woodward, p. 151.

Clupea sardinites (HECKEL) ; Woodward, p. 152.

Clupea longimana (HECKEL) ; Paucă, p. 601, pl. 1, figs 3a–3b, pl. 5, figs 2, 5.

Clupea sardinites (HECKEL) ; Paucă, p. 603, pl. 1, fig. 1.

Clupea sardinites HECKEL ; Weiler, p. 11.

Clupea longimana HECKEL ; Jonet, p. 36, pl. 3, figs 6, 9, 11. Clupea sardinites HECKEL ; Jonet, p. 37, pl. 4, figs 4–5, 10, pl. 8, fig. 8.

Clupea sardinites HECKEL ; Jerzmańska, p. 371, pl. 5, fig. 1, pl. 6, fig. 1.

Clupea sardinites HECKEL ; Jerzmańska, p. 390, text-fig. 2. Clupea sardinites HECKEL ; Ciobanu, p. 46, pl. 7, fig. 1.

Clupea longimana HECKEL ; Ciobanu, p. 47, pl. 7, fig. 2.

Clupea sardinites HECKEL ; Szymczyk, p. 394, text-figs 4–5, pl. 58, figs 1–3, 5.

Sardinella sardinites (HECKEL) ; Danilchenko, p. 9.

Clupea sardinites (HECKEL) ; Pharisat, p. 27, figs 13–15.

Clupea sardinites (HECKEL) ; Gregorová and Požár, p. 195, fig. 3, photo 3.

Sardinella sardinites (HECKEL) ; Carnevale et al., p. 686, fig. 4

Clupea sardinites (HECKEL) ; Gregorová, p. 8.

M a t e r i a l: NM Pc 02886, Pc 02890, Pc 02892 and unnumbered specimens; collected from the Subchert Mb. and Dynów Mb.

R e m a r k s: Commonly found specimens are represented by scales, typical clupeid forms with transversal striae (text-fig. 2D) which distinguish them from other fish scales. They are practically the same as those described by Symczyk (1978) and they are distributed at both collecting points.

The specimens were traditionally classified in the genus Clupea LINNAEUS, 1758 , but according to the unpublished thesis by Nedvědová (2012), the Moravian clupeid specimens pertain to the genus Sardinella . This conclusion is in accordance and confirms results published earlier by Danilchenko (1980) and Carnevale et al. (2006).

The species (as scales and isloated bones) is widely distributed in Moravian localities, e.g., Litenčice, Kelč, Špičky, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm ( Kalabis and Schultz 1974, Kalabis 1975a, b, Gregorová and Požár 2003 and others).

Clupeids are typically marine coastal and schooling, mainly pelagic fishes found in all seas from 70° N to about 60° S ( Whitehead 1985).

Clupeidae gen. et sp. indet.

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M a t e r i a l: NM Pc 02889; collected from the Subchert Mb.

R e m a r k s: The specimen is represented by an articulated postcranial section of a skeleton; with ca. 24 preserved vertebrae and insufficiently preserved fins. The body is covered by typical clupeid scales which are also preserved in the surrounding sediment. A more detailed description is not possible untill preparation of the specimen is completed which may reveal other features.

Family Argentinidae BONAPARTE, 1846 vel Osmeridae

Figures

Text-fig. 2. A – Elasmobranchii gen. et spec. indet. specimen NM Pc 02876b; B – Scopeloides glarisianus dentary NM Pc 02888 (the white arrows mark the tips of the “fang-like” teeth); C – S. glarisianus disarticulated skeleton NM Pc 02887a; D – Sardinella sardinites scale NM Pc 02886; E – Clupeidae gen. et spec. indet. articulated skeleton without head NM Pc 02889; F – Anenchelum glarisianum body fragment NM Pc 02880a; G – Percoidei gen. et sp. indet. preoperculum (G-1) and its interpretation (G-2) NM Pc 02891. The arrow shows the enlarged spine in the angle between rami verticalis and horizontalis. Abbreviations: cl – cleithrum; op – operculum; pcl – postcleithrum.