eolith

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Instead of examining the fish's scale, "you extract what are called the otoliths, or earstones, from inside the cranium of the fish, and then thin section the stones to determine their age," said Lackmann.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2023

They shaved off chunks of the fishes’ heads, excavating their otoliths, or ear bones, and plucking off a few scales to collect some basic identifying information.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

"When they come back as adults and they spawn and die, we pull the carcasses out of the river, remove their otoliths, and send them to the lab to be analyzed."

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2023

“We are checking otoliths for different release strategies.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 6, 2018

By many biologists these organs are considered to be ears; they contain within their capsules transparent bodies, which some scientists deem otoliths, or "hearing-stones."

From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James