Definition of Preopercular. Meaning of Preopercular. Synonyms of Preopercular

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Definition of Preopercular

Preopercular
Preopercular Pre`o*per"cu*lar, a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum. -- n. The preoperculum.

Meaning of Preopercular from wikipedia

- Pacific Ocean. All species of Neenchelys have two rather than three preopercular pores (except for N. parvipectoralis which usually has one), a significant...
- projecting ****. The gill cover has no supplemental preopercular spine absent but all 5 preopercular spines are roughly equal in length, there is a supracleithral...
- the Obriminae, which surrounds the actual ovipositor. The shape of the preopercular organ located on the seventh sternite of the abdomen is species-typical...
- representatives of the other species, among other things, by the shape of the preopercular organ. In Sun****a aeta it is formed by a distinct, almost semi-circular...
- There is a supplemental preopercular spine and the uppermost preopercular spine is the longest with the second preopercular spine being often absent...
- dimorphic; males have developed odontodes inserted in fleshy papillae on the preopercular-opercular region and the dorsal and pectoral fins are 2–3 times as long...
- on the mandible, palatine and vomer. The preopercular margin is only slightly serrated and the preopercular ridge is smooth. The pectoral fin is long...
- cryptic patterns. Their bodies are elongated and scaleless. A large preopercular spine is characteristic of this fish, and has been reported to be venomous...
- and acanthus, which means "thorn" or "spine", a reference to the three preopercular spines this fish possesses, in fact, it has only two such spines. Taenianotus...
- differs from its close relative El****oma gilberti by only having three preopercular canals (gilberti has, on average, four). The average number of anal fin...