Fig. 3. A–D, M–O in Tortonian teleost otoliths from northern Italy: taxonomic synthesis and stratigraphic significance

Fig. 3. A–D, M–O. Recent otoliths of species of Xenomystax Gilbert, 1891. A–D. X. atrarius Gilbert, 1891 from Peru, fish total length (TL) 81 cm, 72 cm, 57 cm and 43 cm, respectively. M–N. X. congroides Smith & Kanazawa, 1989, from off Mississippi. O. X. bidentatus (Reid, 1940), from the Caribbean Sea, TL 48 cm. – E–L. Fossil otoliths of Gadomus tejkali (Brzobohatý & Schultz, 1978) (IRSNB P 9847–P 9854) growth series from Roddi (E) and Mondovi, Madonna della Neve (F–L). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm.