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Dictionary of Ichthyology |
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| hypertrophy = the over-development of a structure, e.g. the lips in some cyprinid fishes, the finfolds in the larval myctophid Loweina rara used in nutrient absorption |
| Barbus nedgia from Boulenger's "Fishes of the Nile". Photograph by Brian W. Coad. |