Found on a Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus). The stato-acoustic organ holds the otolith.

Stato-acoustic Organ

Found on a Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus). The stato-acoustic organ holds the otolith.

stato acoustic basking shark cetorhinus fish anatomy

Author(s)Emily Nauman
Author CompanyIntegration and Application Network
Date Created1969-12-31
AlbumFauna > Fish
TypePhoto
Project(s)EcoCheck
Dimensions3072 x 2056
Filesize5.4 MB
Number of Downloads151
Filetype(s) JPG
LicenseAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Required AttributionEmily Nauman, Integration and Application Network (ian.umces.edu/media-library)