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THE reduction in size of the cœlom in the genus Notopterus has resulted in certain interesting modifications of the alimentary canal, swim-bladder, kidneys and gonads. An anomalous feature has also been observed in the organization of the kidney ducts and urinary bladder.
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SHARMA, M. Excretory Ducts in the Genus Notopterus (Lacepede). Nature 191, 1118–1119 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1911118a0
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