Morphological and biochemical analyses of otoliths of the ice-fish Chionodraco hamatus confirm a common origin with red-blooded species.
Motta CM, Avallone B, Balassone G, Balsamo G, Fascio U, Simoniello P, Tammaro S, Marmo F.
Motta CM, et al. Among authors: avallone b.
J Anat. 2009 Jan;214(1):153-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01003.x.
J Anat. 2009.
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Morphological results indicated that the otoliths in this ice-fish were similar to those of Trematomus bernacchii, a red-blooded Antarctic species [B. Avallone et al. (2003) J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol. 35, 69-76], but rather different from those of other teleosts. …
Morphological results indicated that the otoliths in this ice-fish were similar to those of Trematomus bernacchii, a red-blooded Antarctic s …