Microgobius microlepis Longley & Hildebrand, 1940

Microgobius microlepis Longley & Hildebrand, 1940 View in CoL

Figure 27i–l View Fig

Material 31 specimens Calabrian , Cumaná FM , Venezuela, PPP 3038 (figured specimens PPP15648-50 ) .

Discussion Otoliths of M. microlepis are recognized by their nearly rectangular shape characterized by near vertical anterior and posterior rims and a relatively shallow and gently curved dorsal rim (OL:OH = 0.85–0.92). It is further characterized by a relatively short sulcus with tapering cauda and triangular ostial lobe, while the ventral sulcus margin is nearly straight. Tese relatively characteristic otoliths have only been found in the Pleistocene, Calabrian of Venezuela, which is south of the present distribution of the species in the Gulf of Mexico and the western Caribbean along the coasts Yucatan and Belize.