I just cleaned a S. glanis skull, and I cannot find a good paper on the osteological anatomy of the species. Could anyone recommend me some, or help in identify the questionable bones?
Thanks;
Márton
Helo Márton Szabó
As it is given by Oleksandr Kovalchuk - Hyomandibular
Dear Márton,
Yes, those are the hyomandibulae. The bone labelled "premaxilla" also looks like the vomer to me.
For biogeographical reasons, I have no personal experience or useful references specific to Silurus glanis, Silurus, or even silurids, but I do know several useful references dealing with North American catfish anatomy (extant and extinct).
Let me know if you think that these could be useful to you
Julien
Dear Julien!
I didn't even recognize the misidentified vomer! Thank You! :) You know, I cleaned the skull with bugs, ants, etc., and some bones fell out from the skull, they moved relatively far away from each other, or from their original in-life position. So, my bad :(
I'd be happy if You could send me those papers, most likely the papers on extinct catfishes.
Sincerely;
Márton
I agree with Julien. This is a vomer on the photo (not premaxilla).
Hello,
You can also use this illustrated database: http://fishbone.nottingham.ac.uk/
Silurus is among the entries.
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