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Biology of the mechanosensory lateral line in fishes

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Montgomery, J., Coombs, S. & Halstead, M. Biology of the mechanosensory lateral line in fishes. Rev Fish Biol Fisheries 5, 399–416 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01103813

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