The skeleton | Cartilaginous Fish Skeletal Anatomy

Kerin M. Claeson, M. N. Dean

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Abstract

Although the clades of cartilaginous fishes can be broadly considered to share a generalized skeletal body plan comprised of the same elements, their skeletons exhibit clade-specific arrangements and morphologies. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalEncyclopedia of Fish Physiology
Volume1
StatePublished - Jan 1 2011

Keywords

  • Batoid
  • Cartilage
  • Chimaera
  • Chondrichthyes
  • Elasmobranch
  • Endoskeleton
  • Neoselachii
  • Pectoral girdle
  • Pelvic girdle
  • Shark
  • Synarcual
  • Tesserae
  • Vertebral centra

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