Fig. 10 in Fish remains, mostly otoliths, from the non-marine early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand

Fig. 10. Comparison of the body scale morphology of Miocene Mataichthys bictenatus with Recent eleotrids. A. Mataichthys bictenatus Schwarzhans, Scofield, Tennyson, and T. Worthy gen. et sp. nov. (holotype, NMNZ S.52752, location 4, Mata Creek, Bannockburn Formation, early Miocene). B. Close−up of Mataichthys bictenatus depicting few preserved alternating primary and secondary cteni. C–E. Schematic drawings of the insertion of cteni on body scales in Gobiomorphus gobioides (Valenciennes, 1837) (from McDowall et al. 2006b) (C), Eleotris sp. (from Roberts 1993) (D), and Mataichthys bictenatus (E).