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Figure 7.— Sagittal section through a lapillus of Decapteriis punctatus. The pattern of fine, regular growth 

 increments is interspersed increasingly with heavy, irregular growth interruptions (crosshatches) in outer 

 regions of the otolith. Bar indicates 0.10 mm, P is the primordium. 



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