Difference between revisions of "Lepisosteiformes"
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[[Image:Spottedgar-4981.jpg|right|thumb|''[[Lepisosteus oculatus]]'']] | [[Image:Spottedgar-4981.jpg|right|thumb|''[[Lepisosteus oculatus]]'']] | ||
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− | Body and jaws elongate; mouth with needlelike teeth; abbreviated heterocercal tail; heavy ganoid scales, about 50-65 along lateral line; dorsal fin far back, with few rays; three branchiostegal rays; interoperculum absent; two or more supratemporal bones on each side; maxilla small and immobile; supramaxilla absent; myodome absent; vomer paired; swim bladder vascularized (thus permitting aerial respiration); vertebrae opisthocoelous (anterior end convex, posterior end concave, as in some reptiles and unlike all other fish except the blenny Andamia. | + | Body and jaws elongate; mouth with needlelike teeth; abbreviated heterocercal tail; heavy ganoid scales, about 50-65 along lateral line; dorsal fin far back, with few rays; three branchiostegal rays; interoperculum absent; two or more supratemporal bones on each side; maxilla small and immobile; supramaxilla absent; myodome absent; vomer paired; swim bladder vascularized (thus permitting aerial respiration); vertebrae opisthocoelous (anterior end convex, posterior end concave, as in some reptiles and unlike all other fish except the blenny Andamia. The maximum length of about 3.0 m. |
*See [http://www.fishbase.us/identification/familieslist.php?spines=&fins=&ordnum=20&areacode=&classnum=6&c_code= Fishbase] | *See [http://www.fishbase.us/identification/familieslist.php?spines=&fins=&ordnum=20&areacode=&classnum=6&c_code= Fishbase] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:17, 29 November 2020
Lepisosteiformes: Body and jaws elongate; mouth with needlelike teeth; abbreviated heterocercal tail; heavy ganoid scales, about 50-65 along lateral line; dorsal fin far back, with few rays; three branchiostegal rays; interoperculum absent; two or more supratemporal bones on each side; maxilla small and immobile; supramaxilla absent; myodome absent; vomer paired; swim bladder vascularized (thus permitting aerial respiration); vertebrae opisthocoelous (anterior end convex, posterior end concave, as in some reptiles and unlike all other fish except the blenny Andamia. The maximum length of about 3.0 m.
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