Figure 7. Three populations of cavefish exhibit a dorso-cranial bend.
The angle between the supraoccipital bone (midline) and the right and left maxillary bones were measured and an asymmetry index was calculated by subtracting the right-side angle from the left. Surface fish demonstrate dorso-cranial symmetry (A), while Chica (B), Tinaja (C), and Pachón (D) cavefish exhibit a dorso-cranial bend. Positive asymmetry index scores indicate a bend to the left, a score of zero indicates perfect symmetry, and negative scores depict a bend to the right.
