Gross brain morphology of Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)

Abstract The brain gross morphology of Rhamdia quelen is described and compared with seven species of six genera of Heptapteridae. Interspecific variation in shape, size, and position of brain subdivisions was observed in all examined species. The posterior position of the hypophysis on the hypothal...

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Main Authors: Vitor Pimenta Abrahão, Fábio Müller dos Reis de Salles Pupo, Oscar Akio Shibatta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-10-01
Series:Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492018000100240&lng=en&tlng=en