Morphological Characteristics of Sailfish Pike Channichthys velifer (Channichthyidae) from the Kerguelen Islands (Southern Ocean)


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Abstract

Based on a representative sample set (41 specimens), features of external morphology, seismosensory system, and axial skeleton of the sailfish pike Channichthys velifer (Channichthyidae) are described and compared to the corresponding features in a closely related species, ginger (rugose) pike Ch. rugosus.

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E. A. Nikolaeva

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: Ekatherina.Nikolaeva@zin.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 119991

A. V. Balushkin

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: Ekatherina.Nikolaeva@zin.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 119991

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