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nuchal

Of, relating to, or lying on the nape.

Used in 13 species profiles

Acanthodoras cataphractus
Acanthodoras spinosissimus
Agamyxis pectinifrons
Ageneiosus inermis
Ageneiosus marmoratus
Ageneiosus ucayalensis
Aspidoras taurus
Hypselecara coryphaenoides
Kryptopterus cryptopterus
Kryptopterus geminus
Kryptopterus vitreolus
Megalodoras uranoscopus
Scleromystax barbatus

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nape
In fishes, the part of the dorsal surface between the posterior edge of the skull and dorsal fin insertion.

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