Abstract
Two longitudinal vertebral ligaments occur in most fishes, for example, haddock1, one dorsal to the nerve cord in the neural arch, and one ventral to the nerve cord above the centra—though the latter is not always well developed.
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DE KOCK, L., SYMMONS, S. A Ligament in the Dorsal Aorta of Certain Fishes. Nature 184, 194 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184194a0
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