Bembrops, Steindachner, 1876

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 : 434-435

Bembrops sp.

(Figure 114)

Material: 1 specimen in total. Anda4 (1) RGM 962286.

One eroded specimen with a broken rostrum is available. The anterior part of the dorsal rim runs concavely from the rostrum up to the mid-dorsal part, which is strongly curved, while the posterior part runs diagonally in a nearly straight line to the ventral rim. The ventral rim is largely straight and becomes curved towards the anterior end and the very last part before the posterior end. The sulcus has a characteristic shape. A narrow, straight, and protruding ostium is bordered by broad cristae. The shorter cauda that lies behind the collum has been damaged by earlier adhesion of other organisms. A deep dorsal depression is present above the collum and cauda. The dorsal field starts above the posterior part of the ostium and has a very rounded dorsal rim with shallow undulations in its posterior, more linear part.

The otolith belongs to Bembrops or a related genus. It resembles Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner, 1876 , but the specimen is too poorly preserved for species identification.

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