- pulvinular bones
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the outer and inner bones which suspend proctal pelvic bone from the cleithrum in the priapium of Phallostethidae. The inner pulvinular is absent in some genera
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
pulvinular bones
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priapium — (plural priapia)) a complex muscular and bony clasping and copulatory organ derived mainly from the pelvic fins, found under the head of male Phallostethoidea with the anus opening on one side and the genital pore on the other. The structure… … Dictionary of ichthyology
