The shape of fish otoliths is highly species-specific. Since otoliths resist degradation better than most other tissues, the shape & size of preserved or undigested otoliths recovered from fossilized sediments, native middens, and the stomachs & droppings of fish predators can b…
This photographic atlas presents light and (or) scanning electron micrographs of 580 pairs of sagittal otoliths representing 288 species, 97 families, and 27 orders of fish from the northwest Atlantic. For most species, multiple individuals across a range of sizes are presented …
The shape of fish otoliths is highly species specific. Since otoliths resist degradation better than most other tissues, the shape and size of preserved or undigested otoliths recovered from fossilized sediments, native middens, and the stomachs and droppings of fish predators c…