Coryphaenoides contortus ( Bassoli, 1906 )

Lin, Chien-Hsiang, Brzobohatý, Rostislav, Nolf, Dirk & Girone, Angela, 2017, Tortonian teleost otoliths from northern Italy: taxonomic synthesis and stratigraphic significance, European Journal of Taxonomy 322, pp. 1-44 : 23

Coryphaenoides contortus ( Bassoli, 1906)

The holotype of C. contortus was previously assigned to the genus Nezumia ( Nolf & Steurbaut 1983; Lin et al. 2015) based on the general outline of the otolith; however, the large, well-preserved specimen now available ( Fig. 8B ) shows a clear pince-nez-shaped sulcus with an upwardly bent crista superior and a crista inferior that is strongly constricted at the collum, suggesting closer affinities with the genus Coryphaenoides than with Nezumia Jordan, 1904 .

Figures

Fig. 8. Tortonian fish otoliths from northern Italy. A. Coelorinchus caelorhincus (Risso, 1810), Montegibbio (IRSNB P 9772). B. Coryphaenoides contortus (Bassoli, 1906), Sant’Alosio (IRSNB P 9773). C–D. “Merluccius” rattazzii sp. nov., Sant’Alosio (IRSNB P 9686 (holotype)–P 9687). E–F. Coryphaenoides biobtusus sp. nov., Alba, Tanaro (5 m) (IRSNB P 9684 (holotype)–P 9685). G–H. Nezumia aff. sclerorhynchus (Valenciennes, 1838), Alba, Tanaro (5 m) (IRSNB P 9774–P 9775). I–J. Moridae indet., Sant’Agata Fossili (IRSNB P 9776–P 9777). K. Nezumia ornata (Bassoli, 1906), Montegibbio (IRSNB P 9778). L–M. Coelorinchus robustus (Robba, 1970); L. Stazzano, M. Sant’Alosio (IRSNB P 9779–P 9780). N. Gadiculus labiatus (Schubert, 1905), Torrente Stirone (IRSNB P 9781). O–P. Melanonus paralyconus Schwarzhans, 1986, Mondovi, Madonna della Neve (IRSNB P 9782– P 9783). Q–R. Melanonus triangulus (Robba, 1970), Costa Vescovato (IRSNB P 9784–P 9785). S. Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot, 1850, Torrente Stirone (IRSNB P 9786). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm.