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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

Figure 5

Morphology of hard and soft tissues in sonic apparatus of Ophidion rochei. Left lateral view of the sonic apparatus of (a) male, (b) female and (c) juvenile Ophidion rochei. The skull, the first modified vertebrae and ribs, and the 3 pairs of sonic muscles are shown. DM: dorsal sonic muscle, EN: epineural, IM: intermediate sonic muscle, L1-3: ligament 1–3, LB: ligament of Baudelot, RB: rocker bone, SB: swimbladder, SBP: swimbladder plate, SC: supraoccipital crest, VM: ventral sonic muscle.

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