Cottiformes

Cottiformes

[‚käd·ə′fȯr‚mēz]
(vertebrate zoology)
An order set up in some classification schemes to include the Cottoidei.
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Key words: anguilliform, Cottiformes, Friday Harbor Labs, Froude efficiency, locomotion, Rock Prickleback, Stichaeidae, swimming mechanics, Xiphister, Zoarcoidei
Aquatic and terrestrial locomotion of the rock Prickleback, Xiphister mucosus (Cottiformes: Zoarcoideh Stichaeidae)
Order COTTIFORMES Regan, 1913 (as Cottoidei), sensu Wiley & Johnson, 2010 Family CYCLOPTERIDAE Bonaparte, 1832
The morphology and sculpture of ossicles in the Cyclopteridae and Liparidae (Teleostei) of the Baltic Sea/Laanemere kahe voldaselise (Teleostei, Cottiformes, Cyclopteridac ja Liparidae) vaikeste luuliste elementide morfoloogia ning skulptuur
The main aim of the present study is to examine and describe the small ossicles of Cottiformes from the Baltic Sea, with particular emphasis on their fine surface structures, sculpture and ultrasculpture, at a level of detail that has proven useful in the study of fossil vertebrate microremains.
Shinohara & Imamura 2007), and Wiley & Johnson (2010) most recently classified the former Cottoidei in a separate order Cottiformes. The families Cottidae (possibly not monophyletic; Smith & Wheeler 2004), Cyclopteridae, Liparidae, Psychrolutidae and Agonidae (also possibly not monophyletic), among others, are included within the suborder Cottoidei.
The morphology and sculpture of ossicles in the Cottidae (Teleostei) of the Baltic Sea/Laanemere kolme voldaseliste (Teleostei) perekonna luuliste elementide morfoloogia ning skulptuur
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