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1 April 2006 A New Late Miocene Species of Sciaenid Fish, Based Primarily on an in situ Otolith from California
Richard W. Huddleston, Gary T. Takeuchi
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Abstract

A new species of sciaenid, Seriphus lavenbergi sp. nov., is described from the late Miocene Yorba Member of the Puente Formation, southern California. The holotype is represented by an incomplete disarticulated skull with the right saccular (= sagitta) otolith in situ, an extremely rare occurrence. This is the earliest known geological occurrence of Seriphus and represents a second species within the genus. It is hypothesized that the ancestor of Seriphus emigrated from the Gulf Stream of the Atlantic into the Pacific via the Panama Seaway and the genus evolved entirely in the eastern Pacific.

Richard W. Huddleston and Gary T. Takeuchi "A New Late Miocene Species of Sciaenid Fish, Based Primarily on an in situ Otolith from California," Bulletin, Southern California Academy of Sciences 105(1), 30-42, (1 April 2006). https://doi.org/10.3160/0038-3872(2006)105[30:ANLMSO]2.0.CO;2
Accepted: 1 March 2005; Published: 1 April 2006
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