Microchirus latior (Schubert)

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 : 241

Microchirus latior (Schubert)

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1906 Solea latior sp. nov. – Schubert, pl. 6, figs. 12–14 1979 Solea latior Schubert, 1906 – Anfossi and Mosna, pl. 4, fig. 14

1984 Buglossidium frequens – Steurbaut, pl. 35, figs. 9–18 1989 Microchirus aff. variegatus (Donovan) – Brzobohaty, pl. 2, fig. 8

1989 Buglossidium frequens Steurbaut, 1984 – Brzobohaty, pl. 2, fig. 9

1992 Microchirus aff. variegatus (Donovan, 1808) – Radwanska, pl. 38, fig. 9

1999 Microchirus latior (Schubert, 1906) – Schwarzhans, p.288, figs. 730–733

2004 Buglossidium frequens Steurbaut, 1984 – Nolf & Brzobohaty, pl. 11, figs.13–14

Material

Two otoliths from level 11 and one otolith from level 12.

Distribution

Lower Miocene of Italy ( Nolf and Brzobohaty, 2004), the Aquitanian Basin ( Steurbaut, 1984), and the MHB. Middle Miocene (Badenian) of Poland ( Radwanska, 1992).

Remarks

The otoliths of Microchirus latior are rounded, unlike those of Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808) that have edges on the posterior side ( Schwarzhans, 1999; Agiadi et al., 2020).

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.