Table 2
Overview of bony fi sh species for which data on inner ear morphology are available
Family
Species
References
Mn
Mu
Ms
Ml AAS HI
Remarks
Actinistia
Coelacanthiformes
(2 species)
Latimeriidae
Latimeria chalumnae
Bernstein
( 2003 );
Fritzsch
( 1987 , 2003 );
Platt ( 1994 )
+
2, O
“Basilar papilla” present?
Left–right ear connection
Dipnomorpha
Ceratodontiformes
(7 species)
Protopteridae
Protopterus
sp.
Platt et al.
( 2004 )
+
S*
4,
HV
2, V
Continuous sacculolagenar
macula with 2 striola regions;
crista of horizontal
semicircular canal
hemicrista-like
Protopterus annectens
Retzius ( 1881 ) +
Lepidosirenidae
Lepidosiren paradoxa
Platt et al.
( 2004 )
+
S
4,
HV
2, V
Continuous sacculolagenar
macula with 2 striola regions
Neoceratodontidae
Neoceratodus forsteri
Platt et al.
( 2004 );
Retzius
( 1881 ); Burne
( 1913 )
+
S
4,
HV
2, V
Continuous sacculolagenar
macula with 2 striola regions
Cladistia
Polypteriformes
(18 species)
Polypteridae
Polypterus bichir
(Fig.
3a )
Popper (
1978 )
S
4,
HV
2
Chondrostei
(continued)