Basipterygium

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Ba`sip`te`ryg´i`um


n.1.(Anat.) A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Abbrevation Bones Cyprinidae Clupeidae Anguillidae Total ar Articular 11 3 14 boc Basioccipital 12 1 13 bpq Basipterygium 16 16 c Caudal vertebra 207 28 235 ceh Ceratohyal 10 1 11 cl Cleithrum 27 2 29 dn Dentary 19 2 21 eph Epihyal 16 16 fr Frontal 6 6 hb Head bone 38 4 42 (unidentified) hy Hyomandibular 13 13 iop Interopercle 10 10 mx Maxilla 7 2 9 op Opercle 21 1 1 23 pl Palatine 1 1 psp Parasphenoid 3 1 4 pha Pharyngeal bone 40 40 ptp Posttemporal 3 3 pc1 Precaudal 1 19 19 pc2 Precaudal 2 2 2 pc3 Precaudal 3 2 2 pc Precaudal 178 43 221 vertebra pmx Premaxilla 3 3 pu Preural vertebra 3 3 pop Preopercle 25 25 qd Quadrate 3 3 sop Subopercle 7 7 scl Supracleithrum 19 19 ur Urohyal 2 2 ver Vertebra 28 28 (unidentified) vo Vomer 2 2 Total 751 1 90 842
Taphonomic signature of Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) on fish remains
The basipterygium appeared at 3.61 to 3.64 mm (9-11 DPH) as a small cartilaginous element that gradually elongated to 3.84 mm (11-12 DPH, Fig.
Skeletal Ontogeny and Anomalies in Larval and Juvenile Crimson Snapper, Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790
The pelvic basipterygium is visible at 9 DPH and begins ossifying at the distal end at approximately 17 DPH.
Larval development of laboratory-reared Green mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus (Teleostei: Callionymidae)
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