FIG. 1 in Improving Vertebrate Skeleton Images: Fluorescence and the Non-Permanent Mounting of Cleared-and-Stained Specimens

FIG. 1. Comparisons of cleared-andstained fishes under white and fluorescent lighting. Dorsal view of the head of Porichthys notatus (KUI 18136) under (A) white and (B) fluorescent lighting highlighting the separation (arrows) of the ascending process of the premaxilla from the remainder of the bone. A magnified version of the separation is provided in the inset. Lateral view of Lyopsetta exilis (KUI 28289) under (C) white and (D) fluorescent lighting illustrating the value of fluorescence for ''amplifying'' lightly alizarin-redstained bone. Lateral view of the head of Neomerinthe hemingwayi (AMNH 83911) under (E) white and (F) fluorescent lighting demonstrating the value of fluorescence for quickly recognizing skeletal-element limits. Scale bar is equal to 5 mm. Abbreviations: l ¼ lachrymal, le ¼ lateral extrascapular, q ¼ quadrate, 2 ¼ second circumorbital bone, and 3 ¼ third circumorbital bone.