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preopercle
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
preopercular bone
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supraopercular — any of the small tube bones conducting the dorsal extension of the preopercular laterosensory canal across the gap between the preopercular bone and the supratemporal canal above … Dictionary of ichthyology
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scorpaeniform — Introduction also called mail cheeked fish, any member of the order Scorpaeniformes, a group of bony fishes that includes the sea robins, sculpins, and numerous other forms. They are characterized by a plate of bone running across each… … Universalium
dermohyal — the bone located between the opercular and preopercular in Palaeoniscidae … Dictionary of ichthyology
