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FIGURE 12 in A new genus and species of ilyophine eel (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) from the Arabian Sea, western Indian Ocean

  • 1. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. & Corresponding author
  • 2. Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Kochi-682 508, Ernakulam, Kerala, India.

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FIGURE 12. MicroCT scan of the suspensorium, opercular series and lower jaw of holotype of Branchenchelys megacephala: BMNH 2016.8.25.788. Lateral view. Abbreviations: AR, angulo-articulo-retroarticular; CM, coronomeckelian ossification; DE, dentary; HY, hyomandibular; IO, interopercle; OP, opercle;PO, preopercle; Q, quadrate; SO, subopercle.

Notes

Published as part of Tighe, Kenneth A. & Kodeeswaran, Paramasivam, 2025, A new genus and species of ilyophine eel (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) from the Arabian Sea, western Indian Ocean, pp. 555-569 in Zootaxa 5722 (4) on page 565, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/17892668

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