Fig. 9.

An illustration of select hyoid musculature in posteroventral view for R.marina with the tongue extended. Hyoid cartilages are blue, posteromedial bones light gray, skull and jaw bones are dark gray, muscles pink, tongue muscles semitransparent pink. For simplicity, petrohyoidues and omohyoideus muscles illustrated for only the right side, sternohyoideus and geniohyoideus muscles illustrated only for the left side. Abbreviations: gh = m. geniohyoideus; ggm = m. genioglossus medials; hg = m. hyoglossus; oh = m. omohyoideus; pha = m. petrohyoideus anterior; php1 = m. petrohyoideus posterior primus; php3 = m. petrohyoideus tertius; sh = m. sternohyoideus. Muscle insertions referenced from Ecker 1889; Trewavas 1932.