FIGURE 5 in Melanosternarchus amaru, a new genus and species of electric ghost knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Amazon Basin

FIGURE 5. Illustrations of the neurocranium of Melanosternarchus amaru (ANSP 200459, 187 mm TL, male) in dorsal (A), ventral (B), and lateral (C) view. Cartilages shown in black. Abbreviations: bao, basioccipital; epo, epioccipital; exo, exoccipital; fro, frontal; let, lateral ethmoid; met, mesethmoid; obs, orbitosphenoid; par, parietal; pas, parasphenoid; pro, prootic; pto, pterotic; pts, pterosphenoid; soc, supraoccipital; spo, sphenotic; vet, ventral ethmoid; vom, vomer.