53 species are listed from the Pliocene of Antwerp (Belgium) and a boring at Ouwerkerk (Netherlands) and from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of the West Scheldt (Netherlands; a few dredged specimens). Only five were previously known from Antwerp. Descriptions of 13 new species: Trisopterus elongatus, T. pliocenicus, Micromesistius hochti, Melanogrammus conjunctus, Trachinus angustus. Otophidium compactum. Ammodytes rostratus, Gobius ornatus, (Gobiidarum) modestus, (G.) dorsoconcavus, (G.) bicornutus, (G.) rectangularis and Oncocottus asper, and three new subspecies: Gadichthys benedeni verticalis, Carapus nuntius elongatus and Ammodytes lanceolatus sculptus, are given. Within the family of the Gadidae three new genera are established, Colliolus, Gadichthys... |