protractile


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capable of being extended or expanded

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able to be extended

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They are territorial fishes with solitary habits that preferentially inhabit the bottom of water bodies, and whose feeding is diverse in the adult stage, including gastropods, arthropods, plant debris, sediments, algae and other items sorted with their protractile mouth.
Sphincterodiplostomum musculosum (Digenea, Diplostomidae) in geophagus brasiliensis (Perciformes, Cichlidae) collected in a lake at Dois Corregos, Sao Paulo, Brazil/Sphincterodiplostomum musculosum (Digenea, Diplostomidae) em Geophagus brasiliensis (Perciformes, Cichlidae) coletados em um lago no Municipio de Dois Corregos, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Premaxilla protractile, with well-developed ascending process.
Systematics of North Pacific sand lances of the genus Ammodytes based on molecular and morphological evidence, with the description of a new species from Japan
Its mouth, terminal or sub-terminal, is relatively big and very protractile, with thick lips.
Embryonic and larval development of Eugerres mexicanus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) in Tenosique, Tabasco, Mexico
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