Ossification that develop 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 12 mm. [ GOC:cvs ORCiD:0000-0001-9114-8737 GOC:mh ORCID:0000-0002-2244-7917 ]
Synonyms: hypobranchial 2 bones
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- hypobranchial bone
- hypobranchial 2 bone
- develops from some hypobranchial 2 cartilage
- part of some pharyngeal arch 4 skeleton