anal photophores
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anterior anal photophores — the row of light organs just above the base of the anal fin in Myctophidae (abbreviated AOa) … Dictionary of ichthyology
mediolateral photophores — old name for SAO photophores, a sloping, ventro lateral row above the anal fin in Myctophidae … Dictionary of ichthyology
ventral photophores — a row of light organs along the abdomen on either side of the midventral line between the ventral and anal fins in Myctophidae. Abbreviated VO … Dictionary of ichthyology
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AC — a series of ventro lateral photophores extending between a vertical at the anal fin origin and the end on the caudal peduncle. The AC row may begin posterior to the anal fin origin if it is offset from other ventro lateral photophores… … Dictionary of ichthyology
AO — a row of photophores along the base of the anal fin and lower side of the caudal peduncle (not including the Prc s at the base of the caudal fin) in Myctophidae. Usually divisible into AOa mostly above the anal fin base and AOp mostly on the… … Dictionary of ichthyology
paracanthopterygian — ▪ fish Introduction any member of the superorder Paracanthopterygii, a predatory, primarily marine group that forms one of about six major branches of the Teleostei (teleost), or bony fishes, the dominant modern aquatic vertebrates.… … Universalium
