Dictionary of Ichthyology
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Dictionary of Ichthyology | |
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| visceral arch = one of the series of skeletal bars on either side of the pharynx, which comprise the gill arches and the jaws. |
| Visceral arch of Scyllium (= Scyliorhinus), BH = basihyal, C = copula (united basibranchials), E = epihyal, H = hypohyal, HM = hyomandibula, HY = hyoid, K = keratobranchial, P = pharyngobranchial, from Kingsley's "Textbook of Vertebrate Zoology, 1906. Photograph by Brian W. Coad. | |