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Atheriniformes
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Atheriniformes [‚ath·ə‚rin·ə′fȯr‚mēz]
(vertebrate zoology)
An order of actinopterygian fishes in the infraclass Teleostei, including flyingfishes, needlefishes, killifishes, silversides, and allied species.
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Diagnosis A monogeneric atheriniform family with the parasphenoid concave rather than convex, parasphenoid myodomes present; mesethmoid morphology unique, nasal septum formed by ethmoid and mesethmoid; parietals not contributing to posttemporal fossa; anterior vertebral parapophyses with lateral ridges; interdorsals absent; cleithrum dorsal enclosure absent; membrane just posterior to genital opening; and pelvic posteromedial process elongate.
Descriptive anatomy of Iso rhothophilus (Ogilby), with a phylogenetic ... by Saeed, Basim; Ivantsoff, Walter; Aarn / Aqua: journal of ichthyology & aquatic biology
1980) showed that in the atheriniform Fundulus grandis the efferent duct wall cells derive from Sertoli cells.
Testicular development in migrant and spawning bluefin tuna (Thunnus ... by Abascal, Francisco J.; Megina, Cesar; Medina, Antonio / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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