- intrinsic sonic muscles
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striated muscles of the gas bladder wall, used in sound production by contraction, e.g. Porichthys notatus (Batrachoididae). See also extrinsic sonic muscles
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
intrinsic sonic muscles
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