A mace-like spiny-headed rod found on the mid-dorsal surface of heads of male Holocephali. Thought to aid in holding the female during copulation. [ http://www.fishbase.org/glossary/Glossary.php?q=cephalic+clasper http://fishbase.org/glossary/Glossary.php?q=tenaculum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimaera#Description_and_tastes ]
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- clasper
- intersects midsagittal plane of some head
- part of some head
- in taxon some Chimaeriformes