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Cyclopsetta querna (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)


Maximum recorded size:
35.0 cm TL (male)


Dentary of Cyclopsetta querna

Coronoid process in form of mace and oriented anteroposteriorly. Ventral process squared or more than two pointes, and oriented according to dorsal/ventral axis straight. Its relief is flat or present a depression covered in part and at the tip, in posterior part, there is a pore. Meckelian fossa present. Internal and external notches small and internal notch of the same size than the external one. Chin apophysis short. Mandibular symphysis oriented backward, straight. Tooth type: conical or caniniform in one rows of teeth. No bigger tooth at the anterior part. Teeth curved towards internal part. One or several pore on external side. Pore can be present on internal side. No foramen.


Specimen n°MNHN-IC-ICOS-1844
National Museum of Natural History (Paris, France)


Determination Béarez, P. (1994)
Length 32.3 cm SL, 38.5 cm TL (Female)
Collection site Salango (Ecuador)