Physiculus 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 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00268-4
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scientific name	Physiculus sp.
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Physiculus sp.

Figure 14a–c View Fig

Material 21 specimens, 20 specimens Dar bel Hamri (figured specimens SMF PO 101.205 ) , 1 specimen Sidi Mohamed ech Chleuh.

Discussion Physiculus is a species-rich genus with two extant species in the tropical and subtropical eastern Atlantic: P. huloti Poll, 1953 , from Mauritania to Angola and P. dalwigki Kaup, 1858 , in the eastern Atlantic from about 25°N to 44°N, including Madeira, and in the western Mediterranean. Many of the fossil specimens from the Neogene of Europe have been placed in P. huloti (see van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers, 2022), but Schwarzhans (2013a) questioned many of these allocations. Te specimens from Morocco are not well enough preserved to allow for a specific identification, but the relatively high predorsal protrusion does not seem to match the extant specimens figured in Schwarzhans (2013a).