Lithopoecilus brouweri, DE BEAUFORT, 1934

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† LITHOPOECILUS BROUWERI DE BEAUFORT, 1934

† Lithopoecilus brouweri de Beaufort, 1934: 180–181 [type locality: Gimpoe Basin, central Sulawesi].- Rosen, 1964: 225 [relationships].- Patterson, 1993: 638 [listed, relationships].

† Lithofundulus brouweri Frickhinger, 1991: 707, 1995: 707 [listed as † Lithofundulus brouweri de Beaufort , an apparent lapsus for † Lithopoecilus brouweri de Beaufort, 1934 ; age given as Miocene; characters, photograph].

Remarks: The following description is from the English translation of Frickhinger’s (1991) atlas of fossil fishes ( Frickhinger, 1995: 707): ‘Small fishes of slender shape. Head elongate. Eyes large. Snout somewhat pointed. Dorsal fin small, in the posterior half of the body, opposite the considerably larger anal fin.’ The caption to a photograph of the fossil indicates its length as approximately 6 cm, and its age as Miocene. † Lithopoecilus was considered by de Beaufort (1934) to be intermediate between Oryzias and the larger adrianichthyids, Adrianichthys species herein. The size and characters of the specimen as given by Frickhinger do not contradict that assessment, although I have not examined the fossil and cannot place it unambiguously in either Oryzias or Adrianichthys .