Identification
ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii
Caption
Modifications of the pharyngeal jaw.
Pharyngeal jaw redrawn from two references:
Barlow, G. W. 2000. The Cichlid Fishes. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing. Page 44.
Wainwright, P. C., and D.R. Bellwood 2002. Ecomorphology of Feeding in Coral Reef Fishes. pg. 38 in P.F. Sale, ed. Coral Reef Fishes: Dynamics and Diversity in a Complex Ecosystem. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
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- Specimen
Contributors
R. Jamil Jonna (illustrator; research), Animal Diversity Web
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (copyright holder)
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