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The coexistence of a fully developed falciform process and vitreal vessels, a hitherto unknown situation in teleostean intraocular vascularisation, has been noted in the loach Noemacheilus rupicola rupicola. Possible implications of this vascular development for the species have been highlighted.
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Nag, T.C., Bhattacharjee, J. Retinal vascularisation in the loach Noemacheilus rupicola rupicola: coexistence of falciform process and vitreal vessels. Environ Biol Fish 36, 385–388 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00012417
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