Skull development in a bothid flounder, Bothus myriaster (Pleuronectiformes), with discussion on the homology of the "pseudomesial bar"

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 326-332

  Sasaki, Kunio ^a   Yamashita, Tomoaki ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bothidae; Larvae; Metamorphosis; Osteology; Pleuronectiformes

Indexed keywords

BOTHIDAE; BOTHUS; BOTHUS MYRIASTER; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSETTODES;

EID: 0742288117     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-003-0175-5     Document Type: Article

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