Vanstraelenia chirophthalma (Regan, 1915)

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 : 42

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scientific name	Vanstraelenia chirophthalma (Regan, 1915)
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Vanstraelenia chirophthalma (Regan, 1915) View in CoL

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Material 1 specimen SMF PO 101.236 , Dar bel Hamri, Zanclean .

Discussion Otoliths of V. chirophthalma are recognized by their compressed, high-bodied shape (OL:OH = 1.0– 1.15) combined with a flat inner face, a convex outer face and a small, morphologically much reduced sulcus. Today, V. chirophthalma occurs only along the tropical coast of West Africa from Guinea-Bissau to Angloa.