Coryphopterus tortugae (Jordan, 1904)

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 : 91

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00302-5
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scientific name	Coryphopterus tortugae
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Coryphopterus tortugae View in CoL ( Jordan, 1904)

Figure 39j–l View Fig

Material 8 specimens Calabrian , Cumaná FM , Venezuela, PPP 3038 (figured specimens NMB P15801-02 View Materials ) .

Discussion Te specimens retrieved from the Calabrian of the Cumaná FM ( Fig. 39k–l View Fig ) match well its extant counterpart ( Fig. 39j View Fig ) in otolith proportions and the low sulcus inclination angle (11–12°). Smaller specimens differ in a relatively small and less structured sulcus

( Fig. 39l View Fig ). Today, C. tortugae does not seem to occur so far south in the Caribbean at the coast of Venezuela.