Spirinchus akagii, a New Miocene Smelt from Tottori Prefecture, Japan(Pisces: Osmeriformes: Osmeridae).
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Accession number;00A0174868
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| Title;Spirinchus akagii, a New Miocene Smelt from Tottori Prefecture, Japan(Pisces: Osmeriformes: Osmeridae). |
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UYENO T
(National Sci. Museum, Tokyo, Jpn)
SAKAMOTO K
(Univ. Tokyo, Tokyo, Jpn)
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Journal Title;Bull Natl Sci Mus Ser C
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Journal Code:S0397B
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ISSN:0385-244X
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VOL.25;NO.3/4;PAGE.143-150(1999)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.4, REF.9 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;English |
| Abstract;Specimens of a fish found in the Middle Miocene Iwami Formation, Tottori Group, Tottori Prefecture, Japan, are described as a new species of the smelt family Osmeridae of the order Osmeriformes, Spirinchus akagii. The new species is characterized by greatly enlarged and thickened rays and proximal pterygiophores of the anal fin in presumed males and about 48-50 vertebrae. (author abst.) |
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