-
contains four bone
segments known as the preoperculum, suboperculum,
interoperculum and operculum. The
preoperculum is a crescent-shaped
structure that...
- inoperable, opera, operate, opus oper-
cover Latin operire,
operculum interoperculum, kerchief, opercular, operculiform,
operculum ophi-
snake Gr**** ὄφις...
- inoperable, opera, operate, opus oper-
cover Latin operire,
operculum interoperculum, kerchief, opercular, operculiform,
operculum ophi-
snake Gr**** ὄφις...
- it
extends strongly towards the
anterior end of the skull. It has an
interoperculum larger than any
other fish taxon. The
posterior scales on the fossil...
- Zanzibar. The
specific name, multispinis,
refers to the 2-4
spines on the
interoperculum. Some
authorities place this
species in the
subgenus Centropyge. Centropyge...
- due to the
development of its
mobile maxilla and the
presence of an
interoperculum, and
would have
inhabited estuarine and
freshwater environments. It...
