Coco Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Thanks Herb for your proposal. I sent you a MP. With your message, I notice that I have never put the last photos! That is going to need me to remedy this forgetting ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 (edited) Coincidently, my best bud is a paleoarchaelogist, and works almost exclusively with "fishes in archaeology sites" to determine paleo human diet and a way to moniter paleo fish populations. For the most part, the flesh was eaten by the ancient humans, and the bones, head, and tail were discarded. Being in the skull, otoliths were readily preserved in these deposits. Since otoliths look different in every species, they are the key diagnostic bone used to determine different species Otoliths, actually all "earbones" of any animals, are the densest bones in a body, so are the most likely to be preserved. I find quite a few otoliths as fossils. They are relatively prevelant in the more "coarse" sediment fossil zones I come across. The type of coarse layers in which I generally find numerous sharkteeth! Edited January 6, 2013 by PRK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 (edited) Hi, I am going to take back all the photos I have and to classify them by fish families. So, it will be easier to compare them or to find them. AGONIDAE Hooknose BELONIDAE Garfish BRAMIDAE Atlantic pomfret CARANGIDAE Horse mackerel CLUPEIDAE Atlantic herring European pilchard COTTIDAE Long-spined sea scorpion CYPRINIDAE Common carp Ide GADIDAE Ling Cod Pollack Saithe Pouting GADIDAE Goldsinny wrasse Ballan wrasse LOPHIIDAE Angler LOTIDAE Three-bearded rocklong Coco Edited January 6, 2013 by Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 MORONIDAE European seabass MUGILIDAE Thicklip grey mullet MULLIDAE Stripped mullet PERCIDAE Zander PHYCIDAE Greater forkbeard PLEURONECTIDAE European plaice SALMONIDAE Arctic char Atlantic salmon SCIAENIDAE Meagre (shade-fish) SCOMBRIDAE Atlantic mackerel Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 SCORPAENIDAE Norway redfish Red scorpionfish SOLEIDAE Wedge sole Common sole SPARIDAE Black seabream Red sea bream Giltheas sea bream TRACHINIDAE Lesser weever TRIGLIDAE Steacked gurnard Grey gurnard Tub-gurnard Red-gurnard ZEIDAE John dory Thanks Pulsar for your pics ! Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 WOW! Some of them are beautiful! "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Fantastic photos and a wonderful collection. They look like expensive jewels. Thank you Coco. I hadn't realized how beautiful they could be. It's been more than 40 years since I've looked this closely at an otolith. I remember counting the rings to determine the fish's age. Thank you for posting these. Mike Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Thanks to you. Some of them are broken, some other are not clean, but they are very interesting ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfoHungryMom Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Hi Herb and Coco, I am the self-proclaimed, "Queen of A.D.D." so this is perfect. I KNOW about Croakers! I recently went fishing, caught a ton of them, I was told how delicious they were, and so I kept them. What I WASN'T told was how bony they are, and that if you want to get a filet from one, it is usually smaller than 5 cm. Yes, it is tasty, but I would not have killed fish for that little meat. Sorry... I didn't know about otoliths! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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