Notes on the anatomy of Ranzania truncata : a plectognath fish. American Museum novitates ; no. 1038

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dc.contributor.authorRaven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T17:53:45Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T17:53:45Z
dc.date.issued1939en_US
dc.description7 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 7).en_US
dc.description.abstract"Ranzania represents the most specialized of the all the molids in body-form and ... in musculature. The elongation of the body, as compared with other molids, is undoubtedly secondary. The persistence of the inclinator muscles of the dorsal and anal fins is the sole primitive feature noted. The former presence of the puffing apparatus is indicated by the retention of the m. retractor postclavicularis, which originated as a slip of the m. inclinator analis in some early balistoid. The most remarkable feature of the skeleton is the caudal inclination of the haemal and neural spines, indicating the posterior displacement of the dorsal and anal fins. This, in conjunction with the great development of the dorsal and anal fin musculature and the narrow high fins, suggests that Ranzania, contrary to earlier opinions, is a fast-swimming form"--p. 7.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/4864
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York City : The American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 1038en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.1038, 1939en_US
dc.subject.lcshRanzania truncata -- Anatomy.en_US
dc.subject.lcshMolidae -- Anatomy.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTetraodontiformes -- Anatomy.en_US
dc.subject.lcshFishes -- Australia -- Albany Region (W.A.) -- Anatomy.en_US
dc.titleNotes on the anatomy of Ranzania truncata : a plectognath fish. American Museum novitates ; no. 1038en_US
dc.title.alternativeNotes on anatomy of Ranzania truncataen_US
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