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lepidotrichium
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
lepidotrich
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hemitrichium — (plural hemitrichia)) one of the pair of slender rod like structures that compose a lepidotrich or soft fin ray. The hemitrichia are segmented and often branched. The segments are movably held together by flexible collagenous fibres and joined at … Dictionary of ichthyology
lepidotrichium — (plural lepidotrichia)) a definitive fin ray (including spines), usually dermal bones found in Teleostomi. Each lepidotrich is formed of two hemitrichs closely joined along their length except basally where they diverge to articulate with the… … Dictionary of ichthyology
