Suruga aff. fundicola, Jordan & Snyder, 1901

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 : 23

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Suruga aff. fundicola View in CoL Jordan & Snyder, 1901

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?1983 Suruga fundicala —Ohe: pl. 10, Figs. 1 View Fig , 2 View Fig , 3 View Fig and 4 View Fig [ Japan].

2019 Suruga fundicola —van Hinsbergh & Helwerda: pl. 8, figs. 84–88 [ Philippines].

Remarks Tis single specimen displays a squarish shape and a deeply incised sulcus, which bears a strong resemblance to those depicted by Ohe (1983: pl. 10, Fig. 1–4 View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig ) and van Hinsbergh and Helwerda (2019: figs. 84–88), although they did not provide any otolith images of this extant temperate species. It is highly likely that the specimen belongs to the same taxon as those depicted in the references. However, due to the limited availability of only one otolith, identification to the species level was only tentative.