El oido interno contiene tres pares de otolitos, denominados Sagitta,
Asteriscus y Lapilli.
In Algeria, a halophilous vegetation of rock crevices in calcareous sandstone with
Asteriscus maritimus and Daucus carota subsp.
dabryanus, had three pairs of otoliths: lapillus otoliths,
asteriscus otoliths and sagittal otoliths.
There are three pairs of otoliths named as sagitta,
asteriscus and lapillus (Das, 1994).
2008); however the
asteriscus is greater in ostariophysian fishes (Harvey et al.
Bony fish have three otolith pairs, sagitta, lapillus and
asteriscus, named according to their shape and position relative to the inner ear.
Asteriscus hierochunticus), Plantago amplexicaulis, Senecio breviflorus (formerly considered S.
Sanchez-Blanco, "Effects of NaCl salinity and water stress on growth and leaf water relations of
Asteriscus maritimus plants," Environmental and Experimental Botany, vol.
Validating and corroborating the deposition of two annual growth zones in
asteriscus otoliths of common carp Cyprinus carpio from South Africa's largest impoundment.