Sphyraena sp.

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	Sphyraena sp.
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Sphyraena sp.

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Material 3 specimens, Dar bel Hamri, Zanclean, figured specimen SMF PO 101.237 .

Discussion All specimens of this morphotype lack the rostrum and the anterior part of the ostium. Terefore, the otoliths cannot be identified to the species level but despite of the fragmentation are clearly recognizeable as Sphyraena otoliths. A similar but much less bent Sphyraena otolith was described in open nomenclature from the Zanclean of Piedmont, Italy, by Nolf and Girone (2006).