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Taurus of the Tidepool? Inferring the Function of Cranial Weapons in Intertidal Sculpins (Pisces: Cottoidea: Oligocottinae)

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Buser, Thaddaeus J., Kee, Victoria E., Terry, Rebecca C., Summers, Adam P., Sidlauskas, Brian L. (2023): Taurus of the Tidepool? Inferring the Function of Cranial Weapons in Intertidal Sculpins (Pisces: Cottoidea: Oligocottinae). Ichthyology & Herpetology 111 (1): 98-108, DOI: 10.1643/i2022044, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/i2022044

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