Dermal bone that is part of the opercular series and bears the preopercular sensory canal. The preopercle is a paired bone and typically L-shaped, with the horizontal limb overlying the interopercle and the vertical limb overlying the opercle. [ TAO:wd ]
Synonyms: preoperculum preopercles
Term information
- ZFA:0000264
This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon
Term relations
- dermal bone
- part of some opercular series
- overlaps some preopercle-opercle joint
- part of some dorsal hyoid arch skeleton
- part of some dermatocranium
- part of some opercular flap