The gill filament muscles in two loricariid fish (genus Hypostomus and Rhinelepis) |
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| Authors: | M. N. Fernandes,S. A. Perna,C. T. C. Santos, W. Severi,&dagger |
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| Affiliation: | Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Caixa Postal 676, 13565–905 São Carlos, SP;Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, 78060–900 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The adductor muscles in the gills of loricariid fish of genus Hypostomus and Rhinelepis are restricted to the distal end of the interbranchial septum. These muscles in Hypostomus comprise longitudinal and oblique striated muscle fibres. |
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| Keywords: | adductor muscles gills loricariid fish |
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