chimaeratentaculum

The frontal tentaculum, a bulbous rod which extends out of the forehead, is used to clutch the females' pectoral fins during mating. The prepelvic tentacula are ...

Uniquely, male chimeras possess a tentaculum on their forehead that attaches to the female to hold them in place during mating. Unlike sharks, chimeras only ...

2023年11月29日 — Male chimaeras, unique among fishes, also possess a supplemental clasping organ, the tentaculum, on the forehead and in front of each pelvic fin ...

... tentaculum on the forehead; these structures aid ... The Western Indian Ocean has a relatively undiverse chimaera fauna, with all 3 families but only 3 of the 6.

Males with frontal tenaculum deeply curved, upturned distally with spines along dorsal upturned edge. Prepelvic tenacula deeply indented along distal margin ...

2016年2月8日 — The remarkable stalked club structure with little hooks on the male's head is the “frontal tenaculum” and it is unique to adult males in the ...

The cephalic clasper, or frontal tentaculum, of the spotted ratfish chimaera is shown in color. Male spotted ratfish have multiple secondary sexual ...

Male chimaeras, unique among fishes, also possess a supplemental clasping organ, the tentaculum, on the forehead and in front of each pelvic fin. Elephant ...