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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)

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Perca flavescens (yellow perch)
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Image of: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes), Perca flavescens (yellow perch)

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Axial muscle anatomy of fish (yellow perch, Perca flavescens, shown). Axial muscles are organized into nested cones that extend across vertebral segments. At the lateral midline they are divided by a horizontal septum into dorsal (epaxial) and ventral (hypaxial) regions.

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