Ossification that develops in the small hypobranchial cartilages that lie between the medial tips of the ceratobranchials and copula 1. Small and irregular in shape; ossification may be absent in some adults. Ossification may begin when the fish is 15mm. [ ORCID:0000-0002-2244-7917 GOC:cvs ORCiD:0000-0001-9114-8737 GOC:mh ]
Synonyms: hypobranchial 1 bones
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- hypobranchial 1 bone
- hypobranchial bone
- develops from some hypobranchial 1 cartilage
- part of some pharyngeal arch 3 skeleton