A rare window into a back-reef fish community from the middle Miocene (late Badenian) Medobory Hills barrier reef in western Ukraine, reconstructed mostly by means of otoliths Author Schwarzhans, Werner Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Author Klots, Oleksandr Author Ryabokon, Tamara Author Kovalchuk, Oleksandr text Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 2022 18 2022-11-17 141 1 1 35 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13358-022-00261-3 journal article 10.1186/s13358-022-00261-3 1664-2384 11999827 Serranidae ? indet. Figure 9b, c Material 5 otoliths: 2 specimens , Kozatskyi Yar, NMNHU-P PI 2579 ; 3 specimens , Mlyntsi, NMNHU-P PI 2580 . Discussion Four small, juvenile, partly eroded specimens ( Fig. 9c ) and a single large but incomplete and fragmented specimen ( Fig. 9b ) are tentatively placed in the family Serranidae but cannot be further identified. Te otoliths are characterized by a relatively mild bend in the horizontal direction, distinct mid- and postdorsal angles, and a relatively short and only slightly flexed cauda.