Paramblypterus kablikae ( GEINITZ , 1860)

Štamberg, Stanislav, 2013, Knowledge Of The Carboniferous And Permian Actinopterygian Fishes Of The Bohemian Massif - 100 Years After Antonín Frič, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 69 (3 - 4), pp. 159-182 : 174-175

Paramblypterus kablikae ( GEINITZ, 1860)

Pl. 2, fig. 3

1860 Palaeoniscus Kablikae GEIN. ; Geinitz, p. 467.

1894 Amblypterus Kablikae, GEIN. sp. ; Fritsch, p. 94; fig. 288; pl. 118, figs 1–6; pl. 119, figs 1–5.

1894 Chalkichthys; Fritsch, p. 94.

1895 Amblypterus angustus (AG.) ; Fritsch, p. 114; pl. 126, figs 1–4, non Palaeoniscus angustus ( Agassiz 1833) .

1912a Platysomus pygmaeus FR. ; Frič; p. 17, fig.15.

1912a Platysomus pygmäus FR. ; Frič, p. 17.

1912b Platysomus pygmaeus FR. ; Frič; p. 14, 17, fig.15.

1942 Amblypterus cf. kablikae FRIČ ; Lemke and Weiler, p. 17; figs 13, 14; pl. 2, fig. 2.

1999 “ Amblypterus ” kablikae ( GEINITZ, 1860) ; Štamberg, p. 7, p. 11.

2006 “ Amblypterus ” kablikae ( GEINITZ 1860) ; Štamberg, p. 226, p. 227.

2008 “ Amblypterus ” kablikae ( GEINITZ, 1860) ; Štamberg and Zajíc, p. 155, fig. 233.

D i a g n o s i s (after Fritsch 1894): Small fish, its length is 7 times the height of the body. Dorsal fin is at the midpoint of the body. Three to four scale rows just below the lateral sensory line are strongly denticulated on their posterior margin, with one vertical molding. Remaining scales smooth. The teeth are strong.

T y p e s: The type described by Geinitz (1860), and initially deposited in the Museum in Dresden, was destroyed in the course of the Second World War. Two specimens M 847 and M 1221 next formed the basis for the revision study of Fritsch (1894, pl. 118, figs 1–6, pl. 119, figs 1–5). Another specimen, M 897, served Fritsch (1895, pl. 126, figs 1–4) for the description of Amblypterus angustus ( Agassiz, 1833 –43). An extensively deformed specimen M 1012 was described and figured by Frič (1912a, p. 17, fig. 15) as Platysomus pygmaeus . All above-mentioned specimens are deposited in the National Museum, Prague.

T y p e l o c a l i t y a n d h o r i z o n: Horní Kalná, Kalná Horizon, Prosečné Formation, Sakmarian, Krkonoše Piedmont Basin.

O c c u r r e n c e: Čistá; Ruprechtice “ Limestone quarries ”; Olivětín; Horní Kalná; Veselá; Bítouchov.

R e m a r k s: Paramblypterus kablikae is a small fish with a slender body not exceeding 15 cm. The specimens which Fritsch (1894) described and figured on pls. 118 and 119, figs 1, 2 are actually not well preserved, as Fritsch originally submitted. On the contrary, they are strongly deformed. Better-preserved specimens from the numerous collection of this species, which the author has for the study from the localities Horní Kalná and Veselá, show slender fish, but the total body length does not exceed 5.3 times the maximum body height. In my opinion, Amblypterus angustus , described by Fritsch (1895) from Olivětín, belongs to Paramblypterus kablikae . Additionally, Amblypterus pygmaeus described by Frič (1912a,b) from the Krkonoše Piedmont Basin is probably a heavily deformed Paramblypterus kablikae . The species Paramblypterus kablikae has not been the subject of any later revision, but the author of this paper is now preparing a redescription of this species.