The morphology and sculpture of ossicles in the Cottidae (Teleostei) of the Baltic Sea

Small to very small ossified structures (ossicles) such as cephalic horns, dermal tubercles, fin-ray rods, lateral-line canal segments, branchial tooth plates and gill-raker tubercles of three species of the teleostean fish family Cottidae inhabiting the Baltic Sea are described and for the first ti...

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Main Authors: Heli Špilev, Tiiu Märss, Janek Lees, Mark V. H. Wilson, Toomas Saat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Estonian Academy Publishers 2010-09-01
Series:Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.kirj.ee/public/Estonian_Journal_of_Earth_Sciences/2010/issue_3/earth-2010-3-216-237.pdf