All serially repeated ossified, cartilaginous, and ligamentous elements around the notochord (Schultze and Arratia, 1988). Adult zebrafish usually 32 vertebrae but may have as few as 30 to as many as 33 vertebrae. [ http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-020807-1 ORCiD:0000-0001-9114-8737 GOC:mh ]
Synonyms: vertebrae
Term information
Term relations
- endochondral bone
- vertebra
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some vertebral column
- existence starts during or after some larval:protruding-mouth