Bollmannia aff. eigenmannorum (Garman, 1886)

Schwarzhans, Werner W. & Aguilera, Orangel A., 2024, Otoliths of the Gobiidae from the Neogene of tropical America, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (13) 143 (1), pp. 1-129 : 40

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scientific name	Bollmannia aff. eigenmannorum (Garman, 1886)
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Figure 21f–i View Fig

Material 6 specimens Tortonian , Atlantic Costa Rica, Uscari FM, PPP 3270 ( NMB P15550 View Materials ) .

Discussion Six small specimens (<1.4 mm in length) from the Uscari Formation of Costa Rica resemble the single known otolith of the extant B. eigenmannorum ( Fig. 21e View Fig ). However, the extant specimen is affected by formalin, and does not reveal all pertinent characteristics for comparison with the fossil otoliths. Te allocation is therefore provisional. Extant specimens of B. eigenmannorum have been taken over muddy bottoms at depths of 36.5–170 m from the Florida Keys, throughout the Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela ( Van Tassell et al., 2012).