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epaxial
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epaxial [e′pak·sē·əl]
(biology)
Above or dorsal to an axis.


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Skipjack tuna possess a well-developed large central rete, in addition to epaxial and hypaxial vessels and retia (Stevens et al.
Larvae are distinguished from other pleuronectid genera by the following combination of characters: dorsal and anal finfold pigment present, 1-3 postanal bars (2-4 distinctive pigment regions along dorsal midline), a series of ventral midline melanophores, absence of slashlike hypaxial pigment along the postanal body, few to many pigment spots around the notochord tip, and 37-44 total myomeres (Table 12).
 
 
 
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