Dermal bone placed postero-medially to the supracleithrum and/or cleithrum. [ TAO:wd TAO:GA_TG ]
Synonyms: postcleithrum métacleithrum métaclithrum postclavicle postcleithra paraclithrum
Term information
- ZFA:0000410
Commonly, the postcleithra form a bilateral series including one to three flat, thin postcleithra of variable shapes (in teleosts). Basal teleosts may have a series up to seven postcleithra (see Arratia 1984 and 1997 and references herein).
This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon