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So thanks to Master O's galaxy of contacts we have managed to get a few fishes to an X-ray machine. Suffice to say that I'm blown away...really...
We got Xrays for two spiky oreos (Neocyttus rhomboidalis).
One (spiky1.jpg), above, did show a rather large scar (almost guaranteed to be a predator attack which the fish did survive) on its pre-dorsal profile but said scar doesn't seem to have left any permanent "record" onto the bone structure. However we were told that this oreo got its back/spine broken at some point and survived that too. Upon playing with the contrast (and other Photoshop whatchamacallits), other "interesting" things appear which leave us rather baffled. Damage (and, i believe, healing) in areas (thin arrows) surrounding the compressed vertebrae (larger arrow).
For comparison, spiky2.jpg (above) doesn't show that kind of damage.
Also spine.jpg (below) shows a close-up of the spine areas for both oreo (spiky1 on top and spiky2 below).
More to follow, stay tuned....
TPOTH

So thanks to Master O's galaxy of contacts we have managed to get a few fishes to an X-ray machine. Suffice to say that I'm blown away...really...
We got Xrays for two spiky oreos (Neocyttus rhomboidalis).
One (spiky1.jpg), above, did show a rather large scar (almost guaranteed to be a predator attack which the fish did survive) on its pre-dorsal profile but said scar doesn't seem to have left any permanent "record" onto the bone structure. However we were told that this oreo got its back/spine broken at some point and survived that too. Upon playing with the contrast (and other Photoshop whatchamacallits), other "interesting" things appear which leave us rather baffled. Damage (and, i believe, healing) in areas (thin arrows) surrounding the compressed vertebrae (larger arrow).
For comparison, spiky2.jpg (above) doesn't show that kind of damage.
Also spine.jpg (below) shows a close-up of the spine areas for both oreo (spiky1 on top and spiky2 below).
More to follow, stay tuned....
TPOTH