Family
Species
References
Mn
Mu
Ms
Ml AAS HI
Remarks
Acipenseriformes
(30 species)
Polyodontidae
Polyodon spathula
(Fig. 3c )
Lovell et al.
( 2005b )
S*
4,
HV
2
Acipenseridae
Scapirhynchus
platorynchus
(Fig.
3b )
Popper (
1978 )
M*
4,
HV
2
Acipenser sturio
Retzius (
1881 ) +
Acipenser fulvescens
Lovell et al.
( 2005b )
S*
4,
HV
2
Holostei
Amiiformes (1 species) Amiidae
Amia calva
(Fig.
3d )
Popper and
Northcutt
( 1983 );
Retzius ( 1881 )
+
S
4,
HV
2, O
Anterior part of ms with 3D
curvature; bony encapsulation
of the ear
Lepisosteiformes
(7 species)
Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus osseus
(Fig. 3e )
Mathiesen and
Popper ( 1987 );
Retzius ( 1881 )
+
S
4,
HV
3
Saccular tip attached to skull
bone
Teleostei (~25,000 species)
Anguilliformes
Anguillidae
Gymnothorax
sp.
Popper ( 1979 )
A
2, O
Saccular tip attached to skull
bone; Ms: extra-macular
non-sensory region with
interspersed hair cells
Anguilla anguilla
Retzius ( 1881 );
Mathiesen
( 1984 )
+
S
A
3
Synaphobranchidae
Synaphobranchus kaupii
Buran et al.
( 2005 )
+
A
3
Caudal lagenar wall,
anterolateral saccular tip
attached to skull bone
Histiobranchus
bathybius
Buran et al.
( 2005 )
+
A
3
Caudal lagenar wall,
anterolateral saccular tip
attached to skull bone
Table 2
(continued)