Anatomy of Vertebral Column of the Silver-Cheeked Toadfish Lagocephalus Sceleratus on Derna Coast, East, Libya

Abstract

An evaluation study was conducted on the successive vertebrae that form the backbone of the Lagocephalus sceleratus fish species from the coast of Derna (Derna Port), East of Libya. The spine of this species has been divided distinctly into three different major regions (parts of the fish body). This division is more complicated than the classical division of the stem and tail segments. Its distinctive appearance can be clearly demonstrated in the case of regionalization in the spine of this species, that changes could be appeared, through the length difference of vertebrae in different areas of the spine, these morphological descriptive measures reflect the morphological status of the skeletal structure, which could be associated with swimming and movement manner of Toadfish.