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. 2013 Feb 7;8(2):e55736. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055736

Figure 1. Example of skeletal anomalies in gilthead seabream.

Figure 1

A – Vertebrae anomalies: deformed bodies of haemal (C4) and caudal (D4) vertebrae; forked neural spines (C5; black arrows) and detachment (*) and anomalous osseous bulge (**) in neural arch in haemal vertebrae (C5); forked haemal spines of two haemal (C6; red arrows) and one caudal vertebra (D6; blue arrow); supernumerary, defective, haemal arch of caudal vertebra (D6; black circle); heterotopic, mineralized skeletal element in the caudal fin (G26). B - Anomalies affecting caudal fin in gilthead seabream: partially fused epurals (G10); partially fused 2nd and 3rd hypurals (G9); heterotopic mineralized element in the caudal region (G26). C – Heterotopic neural spine of a pre-haemal vertebra (B5; arrow); fractured predorsal bone (18); shorter pterygiophore (H8).