Muscle located in the lateral region of the cheek, linking the lateral surface of opercle with the posterolateral margin of the suspensorium (usually the preopercle). [ TAO:wd ]
Term information
Occurs in most members of the Trichomycteridae, except in basal Copionodontinae and Trichogeninae (de Pinna, 1992).
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