swimbladder fenestra

swimbladder fenestra
a thinner portion of the swimbladder wall anteriorly, lacking the submucosa layer, e.g. in Carapus (Carapidae). Presumably the sonic muscles move this part of the swimbladder and cause sound production

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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