Parascombrops aff. serratospinosus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)

Van Hinsbergh, Victor W. M. & Helwerda, Renate A., 2019, Fish Otoliths from the Cabarruyan Piacenzian-Gelasian fauna found in the Philippines, Zootaxa 4563 (3), pp. 401-443 : 433

Parascombrops aff. serratospinosus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) ]

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Material: 2 specimens in total. Anda3 (1) RGM 962252; AndaCliff3 (1) RGM 962253 .

One adult specimen (OL=3.73, OH= 2.45 mm) is available that resembles recent otoliths of Parascombrops serratospinsus , which is encountered in the West Pacific seas ( Schwarzhans & Prokofiev, 2017). However, the shape of our specimen is less compressed. A similar variation in compactness is also observed in Parascombrops aff . mutinensis (Bassoli, 1906) otoliths known in large numbers from the Mediterranean Pliocene, but on average these latter otoliths are also more compressed and have a more rounded dorsal rim. More specimens are needed for a definitive species identification.