Batrachoididae

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 : 240

Family Batrachoididae

“Batrachoidida ” vigneauxi ( Steurbaut, 1984)

Fig. 4F

1984 “genus Apogoninarum ” vigneauxi – Steurbaut, pl. 20, figs. 14–19

2013 “Batrachoidida ” vigneauxi ( Steurbaut, 1984) – Nolf, pl. 144.

Material

Two otoliths from level 11.

Distribution

Aquitanian of SW France ( Steurbaut, 1984) and the MHB.

Remarks

These otoliths are elongate with a higher anterior than posterior part and a prominent anterodorsal high. The sulcus is divided into a large, oval ostium that almost reaches the anterior rim, and a smaller, also oval-shaped cauda that is situated slightly dorsally. The specimens examined here resemble very much those figured by Steurbaut (1984) from the Oligocene–lower Miocene of France and reassigned by Nolf (2013) to Batrachoididae .

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.