The pelvic girdle in extant gonorynchiformes (Teleostei: Otomorpha)
Ann-Katrin Koch,
Timo Moritz
Abstract:Otophysi is one of the most important fish taxa of the world, as they make up for roughly 28% of all fish species and about two-thirds of all freshwater species worldwide. To understand their success and evolutionary history their sister-group, the Gonorynchiformes, take a key-position, e.g., for reconstructing morphological conditions in the latest common ancestors. Gonorynchiformes comprising only 40 species and have been often studied for that reason. Their pelvic girdle, however, got only little attention … Show more
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