Topography of unpaired fins with respect to the vertebrae and similarities among icefishes of the family Channichthyidae

1997; Elsevier BV; Volume: 118; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0300-9629(97)86796-5

ISSN

0300-9629

Autores

А. В. Балушкин,

Tópico(s)

Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

Resumo

Overall similarities among all genera and 18 of 20 species of icefishes, family Channichthyidae, were determined based on data of the composition of axial metameric structures (unpaired fins and vertebral column). The results of a cluster analysis are compared with some traditional ideas and the cladistic phylogenetic hypothesis about the interrelationships of icefishes.

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