moveable ethmoid

moveable ethmoid
kinethmoid (a small median bone in the snout dorsoposterior to the premaxillaries in cyprinoids (between the nostrils). Replaces rostral bone, now restricted to primitive bony fishes. Aids in protrusion of the premaxillaries)

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