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Gill Cavity

in bony fishes, the space that consists of a central section bounded by gill arches and of two lateral sections outside the arches that communicate with central gill slits. The outer wall of each lateral section is formed from the gill cover. The gills are freely suspended in the lateral cavities and attached to the gill arches. The central section of the gill cavity is often called the buccobranchial cavity, and the lateral sections are called the peribranchial cavities.

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The latter was removed to illuminate the gill cavity with its contents.

The gill filaments are branched from the convex external surface of the gill arch in a perpendicular manner, pointing toward the gill cavity. Each gill filament is called a holobranch which in turn is formed of two well-- developed compactly adherent hemibranches (lateral and medial hemibranches) (Fig.

Morphological Studies on the Gills of Puffer Fish (Lagocephalus sceleratus, Gmelin, 1789)/Estudios Morfologicos en Branquias del Pez Globo (Lagocephalus sceleratus, Gmelin, 1789)

(2012) suggested that the primary importance of OPL is to reach the appropriate part of the gill cavity in the mussel.

For bigger mussels, bitterling embryos are more likely to be deposited nearer the exhalant siphon in the gill cavity and may face a greater risk of ejection (Kitamura 2006a).

Comparison of reproductive characteristics and host use of the Korean bitterling, Acheilognathus signifer (Cyprinidae, Pisces), between two populations in the wild environment

A total of 7 nono-vigerous and 22 ovigerous females (each carrying a male) was collected from the gill cavity of the California halibut.

Acanthochondria sp. A, a new species of parasitic copepod (Poecilos-Tomatoida: Chondracanthidae) on the California halibut, Paralichthys californicus, from Santa Monica Bay, California. (Abstracts)

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