Aquatic Animal Diseases, Health Care and Management: Oral Region and Associated Structure (Non tubular Parts of Alimentary Canal)

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Oral Region and Associated Structure (Non tubular Parts of Alimentary Canal)

ORAL REGION AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURE (NON TUBULAR PARTS OF ALIMENTARY CANAL)

Adaptations for diverse manners of feeding are seen in many groups of fishes and these adaptations naturally involve the size and placement of mouth, type of jaw, size and kind of teeth in the mouth or pharynx, modification of buccopharynx and size and shape of gill rakers. Structures in the oral region associated with the digestive system are:
- Mouth
- Jaw
- Teeth
- Buccopharynx
- Gill rakers

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