- "-line" and is
scientifically termed the illicium. The
illicial apparatus consists of the
illicial pterygiop**** (the "base" of the structure), followed...
- the head
supporting the esca, a
bulbous lure) may be
retracted into an
illicial cavity above the mouth. The
pelvic and anal fins of many
species are stout...
- The
illicium and esca are
contained within an
illicial cavity covered in a
scaleless skin. The
illicial cavity is
covered by an
overhanging shelf-like...
- the
quadrate bone. They have
vomerine teeth and the
forward end of the
illicial trough is
wider than its rear end.
There are
large spines on the sphenotic...
- appendages. It
differs from
other species in this
complex in
having a
unique illicial and
escal morphology having a
simple lower central filament and a pair...
- disc, with a
moderately long tail. The
mouth is very small, as is the
illicial cavity on the
snout which is
covered by puffy,
membranous folds. The esca...
-
vomerine teeth and a large,
almost circular nasal foramen. They also have an
illicial trough which is
wider and
shallower at its
front than at its rear, a well...
-
formed by the head and the body is
almost triangular in
shape and the
illicial cavity and the esca can be seen
clearly from a
ventral view. The tubercles...
- head. The esca, or lure, has 3
fleshy points which is
retracted into the
illicial cavity under the rostrum.
There is a blunt,
poorly developed,
simple spine...
-
spines with two
pairs of twin
spined tubercles on its
forward edge. The
illicial cavity is broad, its
opening is
broader than it is high and it is just...
