New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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The simultaneous occurrence of otoconia and otoliths in four teleost fish species

R. W. GAULDIE DIANNE DUNLOP JONATHON TSE

Fisheries Research Division Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries P. O. Box 297, Wellington New Zealand

Abstract Otoconia consisting of crenellated spherules of calcium carbonate previously described as occurring in lungfish and mammals have been found to occur in addition to the otolith in four species of unrelated teleosts from New Zealand waters: the tarakihi Cheilodactylus macroptenis, Cheilodactylidae; red cod Pseudophycis bacchus, Moridae; leatherjacket Parika scaber, Balistidae; barracouta Thyristes atun, Gempylidae.

Keywords otoconia; otolith; Cheilodactylus macropterus; Pseudophycis bacchus; Parika scaber; Thyrsites atun; teleosts

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1986, Vol. 20: 93-99 Received 12 June 1985; accepted 22 June 1985

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