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From: Sexual dimorphism of sonic apparatus and extreme intersexual variation of sounds in Ophidion rochei (Ophidiidae): first evidence of a tight relationship between morphology and sound characteristics in Ophidiidae

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Morphology of hard tissues in sonic apparatus of Ophidion rochei. Left lateral view of the sound-production apparatus of (a) male (modified from [9]), (b) female and (c) juvenile Ophidion rochei. The skull, first six vertebrae and their associated ribs are shown. BO: basioccipital bone, EN: epineural, EO: epiotic bone, EX: exoccipital bone, IC: intercalarium bone, NR: neural rocker, P: parietal bone, PL: plate, PT: pterotic bone, RB: rocker bone, SBP: swimbladder plate, SC: supraoccipital crest, S: supraoccipital bone.

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Frontiers in Zoology

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