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Descriptive osteology of Corydoras aeneus (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) Frank HUYSENTRUYT & Dominique ADRIAENS (1) (1) Ghent
University, Evolutionary Morphology of Vertabrates, K.L. Ledeganckstraat
35, B-9000 Ghent, BELGIUM. Abstract.
- Both the cranial and postcranial osteology of Corydoras aeneus
(Gill, 1858) is described based on the study of five adult specimens.
The results were compared to the condition described for other loricarioid
fishes. Most results corresponded with the expected pattern based on studies
dealing with parts of the callichthyid osteology, although some differences
were observed. One of these differences was the presence of a suprapreopercular
bone, a bone that was previously unmentioned in any callichthyid species.
Further, several homologies were resolved and mainly confirmed existing
hypotheses. This way, for example, based on the presence of several branches
of the lateral line system, the compound dorsolateral bone of the otic
region was identified as the posttemporo-pterotico-supracleithrum. Further,
the presence of several otoliths in the compound bone forming the neurocranial
floor in the occipital region, confirmed the fact that the bone comprised
out of a fusion of both basi- and exoccipital bones. This study, however
failed to resolve some other questions regarding homologies (i.e., lacrymo-antorbital,
suprapreopercle) pointing out the need for further ontogenetic research.
In this light, this study provides the basis for this further comparative
and ontogenetic research on callichthyids specifically and on loricarioids
in general. |
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