Pseudobranchial and Carotid Arteries in the Gnathostome Fishes. 131 



The oplithalmica magna artery is apparently developed from a 

 dorsal commissural vessel between the mandibular and premandibular 

 arches, the choroid gland representing the remnant of the pre- 

 mandibular gill. 



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