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Table 2 Counts and measurements of Symphodus woodwardi, S. salvus, and S. westneati for comparison

From: Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part IV: Scorpaenidae, Labridae, and Gobiesocidae

 

Symphodus woodwardi

Symphodus salvus

Symphodus westneati

HT CNHM 127/128

CNHM 277

HT (Bannikov 1986)

HT (Carnevale 2015)

SL (mm)

29

20

60

54.5

HL (mm)

10

7

16.5

 

Otolith

Good

Good

Vertebrae

11 + 18 or 19

11 + 18

12 + 18

13 + 18–19

Supraneurals

1

1

1

1

D

XIV + 9 or 10

XIII +10

XIII + 9

XII + 12

A

III + 12

III + 11

III + 9–10

III + 10–12

P

14

7+

14

14

V

I + 5

I + 5

I + 5

I + 5

C

13

13

13

13

D/Vert

2

2

3

 

PMX teeth

7

6 Blade-like

1 Very large anterior + 4–6 conical

4 Conical

Dent teeth

3 or 4 long anterior + 3 small blade-like

5 Long anterior

+ 4 small blade like

7 Conical

5–6 Conical

Number of preop spines

About 20 (combined)

20

40**

Small serration not

reaching ends of limbs

Morphometrics in  %SL

 Body depth

30

32.5

32–36

33.7

 HL

32

35.5

27–29

31.9

 HL:BD

HL > BD

HL > BD

HL < BD

HL < BD

 Snouth length

10.5

11

11*

10.7

 Upper jaw L

5

6

5.5*

4.6

 Orbit diameter

11.5

10.5

7.5*

10.1

 Caud pedunc D

15

16

14*

20.2

 Predorsal L

40

41

34–36

32.9

 Preanal L

58.5

60

62–65

62.1

 Prepelvic L

44

45

43*

39.5

 Base D

50

49

46–50

50.8

 Base A

27.5

26

26*

20.6

 1st D spine L

5.5

6

6.5*

11.1

 Last D spine L

17

16

16*

17.9

 1st A spine L

11

10.5

8*

 

 2nd A spine L

15.5

 

12*

17.1

 3rd A spine L

18

 

13.5*

 

 Longest An ray

 

16

18

16.1

 Caudal fin L

31

31

28*

 

 P fin L

15.5

 

19–20

14

 P spine L

13

13.5

10.5*

13.4

  1. * Measured from photograph in Bannikov (1986)
  2. ** Counted from drawing and photograph in Bannikov (1986)