Under the expert eye of Gilles Bareille, the otolith is an even more formidable tool, especially if the suspect is wearing scales.

In this method, otolith contours are described using thematic functions: each otolith is therefore described by the parameter values of this function.

In this method, otolith contours are described using thematic functions: each otolith is therefore described by the parameter values of this function.

The gemstone was actually an otolith, from the Greek otos (ear) and lithos (stone), whose name refers to its location in the auditory cavity of this species.

The type of motion or attitude detected by a hair cell depends on its associated mechanical structures, such as the curved tube of a semicircular canal or the calcium carbonate crystals (otolith) of the saccule and utricle.