Diplodus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882)

Schwarzhans, Werner, 2023, Geology and stratigraphy of the Neogene section along the Oued Beth between Dar bel Hamri and El Kansera (Rharb Basin, northwestern Morocco) and its otolith-based fish fauna: a faunal inventory for the Early, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (4) 142 (1), pp. 1-85 : 55

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scientific name	Diplodus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882)
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Diplodus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882) View in CoL

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1997 Diplodus aff. bellottii (Steindachner, 1882) —Nolf & Marques da Silva: pl. 2, Figs. 13 View Fig , 14 View Fig .

Material 20 specimens (figured specimens SMF PO 101.261 ), Dar bel Hamri, Zanclean .

Discussion Otoliths of Diplodus bellottii differ from those of its congeners by the relatively straight and distinctly inclined cauda (see Lombarte et al., 2006, for figures of extant otoliths). Nolf and Marques da Silva (1997) reported this species tentatively because of incomplete preservation from the Piacenzian of Portugal, which, following the new specimens from Morocco, can now be allocated with more certainty. Today, Diplodus bellottii occurs from southern Spain (Malaga, Cadiz) to the Cape Verde islands ( Froese & Pauly, 2022). Its occurrence in the Alboran Sea is considered to represent a recent immigration through the Strait of Gibraltar ( Golani et al., 2021).