Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert, 1913)

Lin, Chien-Hsiang, Wu, Siao-Man, Lin, Chia-Yen & Chien, Chi-Wei, 2023, Early Pliocene otolith assemblages from the outer-shelf environment reveal the establishment of mesopelagic fish fauna over 3 million years ago in southwestern Taiwan, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (23) 142 (1), pp. 1-40 : 14

Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert, 1913)

Figure 8a, b

2021 Benthosema suborbitale —Mitsui et al.: Fig. 5B .

Remarks See remarks under the genus Benthosema .

Figures

Fig. 8 Fish otoliths from the Lower Pliocene Gutingkeng Formation, southern Taiwan. Scale bars=1 mm. Images are inner views unless otherwise indicated. a–b Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert, 1913), ASIZF 0100620–621, a Site 5, mud layer, b Site 2. c, Bolinichthys supralateralis (Parr, 1928), Site 5, mud layer,ASIZF 0100622. d–e Ceratoscopelus warmingii (LÜtken, 1892), Site 5, sand layer, ASIZF 0100623–624. f Diaphus effulgens (Goode & Bean, 1896), Site 2, ASIZF 0100625. g–h Diaphus chrysorhynchus Gilbert & Cramer,1897,ASIZF 0100626–627,g Site 6, h Site 5, sand layer

Fig. 5 Extant Neoscopelus otoliths from Taiwan. Scale bars=1 mm. Images are inner views. a–d Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson, 1863, a 25 Mar.2022,110.61 mm SL,CHLOL 15935, b 25 Mar.2022,75.78 mm SL, CHLOL 16588, c, 25 Mar. 2022, 75.55 mm SL,CHLOL 15902, d, 25 Mar. 2022, 60.10 mm SL, CHLOL 16592. e–h Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara, 1943, e, 21 Jan. 2021, 171.07 mm SL, CHLOL 3283, f 21 Jan. 2021, 116.36 mm SL, CHLOL 3287, g 19 Feb. 2020, 60.75 mm SL,CHLOL 819, h 29 Jul.2021,95.46 mm SL, CHLOL 8208. i–l Neoscopelus porosus Arai, 1969, i 24 Jan. 2021, 120.58 mm SL, CHLOL 2127, j 29 Dec. 2021, 100.18 mm SL, CHLOL 13389, k 24 Jan. 2021, 55.30 mm SL,CHLOL 2136,l 19 Feb. 2020,78.81 mm SL, CHLOL 824