The median-fin skeleton of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean clingfishes Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre) and Gouania wildenowi (Risso) (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-224

  Konstantinidis, Peter ^a   Conway, Kevin W ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal fin; Caudal fin; Dorsal fin; Gobiesocidae; Gouania wildenowi; Lepadogaster lepadogaster; Osteology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BONE; CARTILAGE; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; LOCOMOTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING;

ALABES; GOBIESOCIDAE; GOUANIA WILDENOWI; LEPADOGASTER LEPADOGASTER; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 74349117063     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10792     Document Type: Article

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