- the
morphology of the Holostei, for
example presence of a
paired vomer.
Holosteans are
closer to
teleosts than are the chondrosteans, the
other group intermediate...
-
epidermis was
covered with tiny
rhomboid platelets like the
scales of
holosteans (gars, bowfins). They may have been an
independent phylogenetic branch...
-
Calamopleurus is an
prehistoric genus of
marine holostean ray-finned fish from the
Early Cretaceous of
South America and
northern Africa. It was a relative...
- the
diversification of
neopterygian fishes, the
clade that
consists of
holostean and
teleost fishes. Most of them were
small in size. The
diversity of...
- fishes, and over half of all
living vertebrate species.
While living holosteans include only
freshwater taxa,
teleosts are
diverse in both freshwater...
- from a
scaffolding of struts,
rather than the
dense cancellous bones of
holostean fish.
Teleosts are
found in
almost all
marine habitats. They have enormous...
- from a
scaffolding of struts,
rather than the
dense cancellous bones of
holostean fish. In addition, the
lower jaw of the
teleost is
reduced to just three...
-
chondrosteans (sturgeons and paddlefish) also
differ from the
bichirs and
holosteans (bowfin and gars) in
having gone
through a whole-genome
duplication (paleopolyploidy)...
-
today represented by only a
single species, the bowfin.
Halecomorphs are
holosteans, a
clade which first appeared in the
fossil record during the Tri****ic...
- ****ctlichthys is a
genus of
extinct holostean fish from the
Lower Cretaceous of Mexico. The only
known species is ****ctlichthys scutatus. ****ctlichthys...
