Pardachirus sp.

Lin, Chien-Hsiang, Wu, Siao-Man, Lin, Chia-Yen & Chien, Chi-Wei, 2023, Early Pliocene otolith assemblages from the outer-shelf environment reveal the establishment of mesopelagic fish fauna over 3 million years ago in southwestern Taiwan, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (23) 142 (1), pp. 1-40 : 26

Pardachirus sp.

Figure 15c

Remarks Otoliths of Pardachirus are small (<1.5 mm). Te key features include a slightly enlarged antero-dorsal part, a deep ventral area, and a sulcus that is only slightly divided into an elongate ostium and an oval cauda ( Schwarzhans, 1999, figs. 872–875), although this is not clearly seen in our fossil. Given the similarities in morphology and the presence of characteristic features, it is plausible that the otoliths belong to Pardachirus .