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Figure 5

From: Contribution to the study of acoustic communication in two Belgian river bullheads (Cottus rhenanus and C. perifretum) with further insight into the sound-producing mechanism

Figure 5

Morphology of hard and soft tissues involved in sound production in Cottus perifretum . Left lateral view of the neurocranium, pectoral girdle and muscles responsible for pectoral girdle adduction in Cottus perifretum. (A) The different sonic muscles are indicated. (B) The protactor pectoralis muscle has been removed. (C) The protactor pectoralis muscle, the post-temporal and supracleithrum bones have been removed.

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Frontiers in Zoology

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