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Fig. 8

From: Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part III: tales from the cradle of the Ponto-Caspian gobies

Fig. 8

Skeleton and otoliths of Protobenthophilus squamatus n.gen. et sp. and otolith of Caspiosoma caspium (Kessler 1877). a–c Protobenthophilus squamatus n.sp., holotype, CNHM 272, early Sarmatian s.s., Dolje, Croatia, a articulated skeleton, a1 photograph, a2 interpretative reconstruction, b detail drawing of jaws and suspensorium, c otolith found in situ, c1 photograph, c2 drawing; d otolith of Caspiosoma caspium (Kessler 1877), Recent, ZMMU P.13965 (male specimen), Ukraine, Black Sea, d1 inner face, d2 posterior view, d3 dorsal view; e–j isolated otoliths of Protobenthophilus squamatus n.gen. et sp., e SMF P.2872d, Sarmatian s.l., Persunari, Romania, e1 inner face, e2 posterior view, e3 dorsal view, f UMG-X 8578 (mirror imaged), early Sarmatian s.l., Galatin, Bulgaria, g UMG-X 8584, late Sarmatian s.l., Simeonovo B-7, Bulgaria, h, i SMF P.2874, Sarmatian s.l., Persunari, Romania, j SMF P.2871b, Sarmatian s.l., Persunari, Romania

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