A phylogenomic perspective on the radiation of ray-finned fishes based upon targeted sequencing of ultraconserved elements [PDF]
, 2012 Ray-finned fishes constitute the dominant radiation of vertebrates with over 30,000 species. Although molecular phylogenetics has begun to disentangle major evolutionary relationships within this vast section of the Tree of Life, there is no widely ...
Alfaro, Michael E. +3 more
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Differences in the trophic ecology of micronekton driven by diel vertical migration. [PDF]
, 2019 Many species of micronekton perform diel vertical migrations (DVMs), which ultimately contributes to carbon export to the deep sea. However, not all micronekton species perform DVM, and the nonmigrators, which are often understudied, have different ...
Angel M. V. +6 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 The immune system is composed of two subsystems—the innate immune system and the adaptive immune system. The innate immune system is the first to respond to pathogens and does not retain memory of previous responses.
Nicole C. Smith +2 more
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A reappraisal of the Italian record of the Cretaceous pachycormid fish Protosphyraena Leidy, 1857 [PDF]
, 2017 The genus Protosphyraena is known mainly from partial remains, consisting of isolated blade-like teeth, conical rostra and scythe-like pectoral fins. This paper provides a new insight into partial specimens of the genus Protosphyraena from the Cretaceous
Amalfitano, Jacopo +3 more
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The tail of the Jurassic fish Leedsichthys problematicus (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii) collected by Alfred Nicholson Leeds - an example of the importance of historical records in palaeontology [PDF]
, 2004 The specimen of the tail of <i>Leedsichthys problematicus</i>, now in The Natural History Museum, London, was one of the most spectacular fossil vertebrates from the Oxford Clay Formation of Peterborough, but as an isolated find it shares no ...
HOFFSTETTER R. +9 more
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Zoodiversity, 2023 Otolith traits such as size and mass were investigated in 60 fish specimens of C. kais and C. macrostomum collected from the Tigris River, Şırnak region, Türkiye collected from September 2015 to December 2015.
L. A. Jawad +3 more
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North-easternmost record of Halosaurus ovenii Actinopterygii: Notacanthiformes: Halosauridae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with notes on its biology [PDF]
, 2009 A single adult female specimen of Halosaurus ovenii Johnson, 1864 was captured by trammel nets at a depth of about 200 m off the coast of Arbatax (Sardinia, Italy) in early April 2007.
Follesa, Maria Cristina +3 more
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Gladiopycnodontidae, a new family of pycnodontiform fi shes from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, with the description of three genera [PDF]
, 2013 The osteology of Gladiopycnodus karami gen. et sp. nov., of Monocerichthys scheuchzeri gen. et sp. nov. and of Rostropycnodus gayeti gen. et sp. nov., three new fossil fishes from the marine Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Lebanon, is studied in detail ...
Capasso, Luigi, Taverne, Louis
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New Genus of the Actinopterygian Fishes (Eurynotoidiidae) from the Urzhumian of Republic of Tatarstan (Kluchevskoy Ovrag locality) [PDF]
Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Науки о ЗемлеNew genus and species of eurynotoidiid actinopterygians (Eurynotoidiformes), Kluchevichthys praeclarus gen. et sp. nov., is described from the uppermost Urzhumian (Kluchevskoy Ovrag locality), Tetushi District, Republic of Tatarstan.
Minikh, Alla Vasilievna +2 more
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The Reproductive Season of the Highland Stoneroller, Campostoma spadiceum, Evidenced by Museum Specimens [PDF]
, 2019 The Highland Stoneroller (Campostoma spadiceum) was described as a distinct species in 2010. Since then, the only study specific to this species is a survey of distribution, and nothing is known about reproduction.
Robison, Henry +2 more
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