FIGURE 41 in Morphological and taxonomic revision of species of Squatina from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Chondrichthyes: Squatiniformes: Squatinidae)

FIGURE 41. Neurocranium of Squatina occulta (NUPEC 2192, juvenile male, continental shelf of Southeastern Brazil, 448 mm TL) in dorsal (A), ventral (B), lateral (C) and occipital (D) views. Abbreviations: af, anterior fontanelle; bp, basal plate; btp, basitrabecular process; ecf, ethmoidal canal foramen; elf, endolymphatic foramen; epf, external profundus foramen; fm, foramen magnum; hf, hyomandibular facet; icf, internal carotid foramen; jc, jugular canal; lc, lateral commissure; lpp, lower postorbital process; na, nasal aperture; nc, nasal capsule; nf, nasal foramen; oaf, orbital artery foramen; occ, occipital condyle; oec, otic external canal; og, orbital groove; ohc, occipital hemicentrum; pcf, preorbital canal foramen; pef, pseudobranchial artery foramen; pf, pineal fontanelle; plf, perilimphatic foramen; pop, postorbital process; pp, pterotic process; pvf, posterior vein foramen; rp, rostral projections; soc, supraorbital crest; sr, sphenopterotic ridge; vhj, ventral hyoid junction; II, optic nerve foramen; III, oculomotor nerve foramen; IV, trochlear nerve foramen; V, trigeminal nerve foramen; VI, abducens nerve foramen; VII oft, foramina for rami of superficial ophthalmic nerve; IX, glossopharyngeal nerve foramen; X, vagus nerve foramen. Anterior to top in A, B; facing left in C.