Figure 1

Drawings of the sonic system of Glaucosoma buergeri. A. Lateral view of the sonic system. Latin numbers designate individual vertebra. B. Ventral view of the vertebral column illustrating processes that support the posterior swimbladder and attachment of the sonic tendon. The red circle indicates the insertion of the tendon on the paraphoyses of vertebra IX. C. Ventral view of the dorsal wall of the swimbladder (base of the swimbladder removed) illustrating the attachment of the tendon-smooth muscle to the inner tunica externa. Abbreviations: p parapohysis of vertebra IX, SB1 anterior part of the swimbladder, SB2 posterior part of the swimbladder, StSM: anterior striated sonic muscle, SmSM: smooth sonic muscle, and T tendon from vertebra IX to the smooth sonic muscle. The swimbladder fenestra, although not visible because it is covered by the tunica externa, is situated between SB1 and SB2.