Ossifications that develops in the small hypobranchial cartilages that lie between the medial tips of the ceratobranchials and copula 1. Ossification may begin when the fish is 8mm. [ ORCiD:0000-0001-9114-8737 ORCID:0000-0002-2244-7917 GOC:cvs GOC:mh ]
Synonyms: hypobranchial 3 bones
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- hypobranchial 3 bone
- hypobranchial bone
- part of some pharyngeal arch 5 skeleton
- develops from some hypobranchial 3 cartilage