A DESCRIPTIVE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE OTOLITHS OF THE NEOPTERYGEAN MARINE FISHES OF SOUTH AFRICA PART I. INTRODUCTION
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
- Vol. 43 (2), 191-197
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00359197809520236
Abstract
This paper establishes the value of systematic otolith studies. It sets out how this series will be continued. The paper includes a short historical review of palaeontological and recent otolith research. Otolith morphology and terminology are discussed briefly.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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