Image: Fish Dissection - Cut along isthmus
Use scissors to cut anteriorly through the bones attached to the pelvic fins.
- Photographer:
- Stuart Humphreys
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Blue Mackerel
- Scientific name:
- Scomber australasicus
- Family:
- Scombridae
- Order:
- Perciformes
Additional information
Cut forward along the isthmus, the narrow, fleshy space beneath the head and between the gill covers. The gill covers (also known as operculae) are flaps which lie along both sides of the head and protect the underlying gills.
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