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The adductor mandibulae muscle complex in lower teleostean fishes (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii): comparative anatomy, synonymy, and phylogenetic implications

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Datovo, Aléssio, Vari, Richard P. (2014): The adductor mandibulae muscle complex in lower teleostean fishes (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii): comparative anatomy, synonymy, and phylogenetic implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171 (3): 554-622, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12142, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12142

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