Fig. 16From: Early Pliocene otolith assemblages from the outer-shelf environment reveal the establishment of mesopelagic fish fauna over 3 million years ago in southwestern TaiwanFish otoliths from the Lower Pliocene Gutingkeng Formation, southern Taiwan. Scale bars = 1 mm. Images are inner views unless otherwise indicated. a–b Acropoma hanedai Matsubara, 1953, Site 2, ASIZF 0100686–687. c–d Acropoma japonicum Günther, 1859, Site 5, sand layer, ASIZF 0100688–689. e–g Malakichthys sp., Site 2, ASIZF 0100690–692. h Synagrops japonicus (Döderlein, 1883), Site 5, sand layer, ASIZF 0100693. i Serranidae indet., Site 5, sand layer, ASIZF 0100694. j Upeneus sp., Site 2, ASIZF 0100695. 1, ventral view; 2, inner viewBack to article page