FIG. 8 in New Interpretation of the 3-D Configuration of Lateral Line Scales and the Lateral Line Canal Contained within Them

FIG. 8. New interpretation of the configuration of the lateral line scales illustrating features common to all ten study species (based on Embiotoca jacksoni, but see Figs. 5, 6, 7). Rostral to the left. Overlapping lateral line scales (black) sit beneath the epidermis (gray) at a shallow angle in the dermis (light gray). Tubular canal segments (one depicted in 3-D) form a continuous, epithelium-lined canal lumen that runs parallel to the skin surface. The infrascalar and suprascalar pores (the right and left open ends of the canal segment, respectively, in each scale) are represented by dashed lines in two scales. See text for additional explanation. Abbreviations: llc, lateral line canal; m, trunk muscle; n, canal neuromast; p, pore (dotted line); plln, posterior lateral line nerve; s, scale.