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On Schedophilus Medusophagus (Pisces: Stromateoidei)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Q. Bone  and
C. E. R. Brook
Q. Bone
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
C. E. R. Brook
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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Stromateoid fishes form a small group among the Perciformes, characterized by remarkable toothed saccular outgrowths in the gullet just behind the last gill arch (Haedrich, 1967). Most are associated with medusae when young but are poorly known as adults. In addition to the diagnostic oesophageal teeth, a striking feature of many stromateoids is the curious subdermal canal system, whose function is unknown and whose structure has not been described in detail. The present note describes observations upon the biology of Schedophilus medusophagus Cocco, and upon the structure of its integument.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , November 1973 , pp. 753 - 761
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1973

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