Head morphology of the duckbill eel, Hoplunnis punctata (Regan, 1915; Nettastomatidae: Anguilliformes) in relation to jaw elongation

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 148-157

  Eagderi, Soheil ^a,b   Adriaens, Dominique ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Congrinae; Cranial myology; Cranial osteology; Feeding apparatus; Heterocongrinae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; JAW; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKULL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EELS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

ANGUILLIFORMES; CONGER CONGER; CONGRIDAE; CONGRINAE; HETEROCONGER HASSI; HETEROCONGRINAE; HOPLUNNIS; NETTASTOMATIDAE;

EID: 77956883245     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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