BRANCHIOSTEGAL
branchiostegal: translation
Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes; this term was formerly applied to a group of fishes having boneless branchi[ae], but the arrangement was artificial and has been rejected.
- branchiostegal—branchiostegal translationone of the dermal bony or cartilaginous struts inserting on the epihyal andor ceratohyal and sometimes the interhyal and hypohyal and supporting...Dictionary of ichthyology