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(English) 1)A V-shaped scale found along the edge of the abdomen of clupeids, often providing the belly with a sharp, serrated edge, 2)the earliest developmental form of myomeres in larvae where the angle is formed by the epaxial and hypaxial muscle masses. (See also: clupeoids, myomere, larvae)

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