epibranchial organ

  • 1epibranchial organ — a paired dorsal diverticulum at the posterior limit of the pharynx in certain microphagous fishes. Also called gill helix, pharyngeal organ, or pharyngeal pocket. In all forms with these organs, except some characids, prominent gill rakers extend …

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  • 2pharyngeal organ — diverticulum pharyngealis (epibranchial organ (a paired dorsal diverticulum at the posterior limit of the pharynx in certain microphagous fishes. Also called gill helix, pharyngeal organ, or pharyngeal pocket. In all forms with these organs,… …

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  • 3accessory breathing organ — labyrinth organ (a much folded suprabranchial accessory breathing organ found in Anabantoidei. Formed by vascularized expansion of the epibranchial of the first gill arch. Used for respiration in air) …

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  • 4labyrinth organ — a much folded suprabranchial accessory breathing organ found in Anabantoidei. Formed by vascularized expansion of the epibranchial of the first gill arch. Used for respiration in air. Also called accessory breathing organ …

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  • 5crumenal organ — bilaterally flattened pair of somewhat angular pouches or purses involving the last two gill arches and the anterior oesophagus whose posterior origin is supported by the fifth ceratobranchial and the posterodorsal tip of the fifth epibranchial… …

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  • 6diverticulum pharyngealis — epibranchial organ (a paired dorsal diverticulum at the posterior limit of the pharynx in certain microphagous fishes. Also called gill helix, pharyngeal organ, or pharyngeal pocket. In all forms with these organs, except some characids,… …

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  • 7ostariophysan — ▪ fish Introduction  any of about8,000 species of bony fishes (bony fish) belonging to a group that includes the majority of freshwater fishes throughout the world. Familiar representatives of this group are the minnows (minnow), suckers (sucker) …

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  • 8gill-helix — diverticulum pharyngealis (epibranchial organ (a paired dorsal diverticulum at the posterior limit of the pharynx in certain microphagous fishes. Also called gill helix, pharyngeal organ, or pharyngeal pocket. In all forms with these organs,… …

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  • 9Afrikanischer Knochenzüngler — Systematik Teilklasse: Echte Knochenfische (Teleostei) Kohorte: Knochenzünglerähnliche (Osteoglossomorpha) Ordnung: Knochenzünglerartige (Osteoglossiformes) …

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  • 10Mucophagy — is feeding on mucus of fishes or invertebrates. It may also refer to consumption of mucus or dried mucus in primates. There are mucophagous parasites, such as some sea lice that attach themselves to gill segments of fish.[1] Mucophages may serve… …

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