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Humeral spot
Marking near the shoulder on some fish and insects
Humeral spot (from Latin humerus, pertaining to the shoulder) is a mark or pattern found on several species of fish, typically above the pectoral fin.
In insects, the humeral spot may be found on the costal area of the wing.
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- Hyphessobrycon (10.3897-zse.95.34069) Figure 2.jpg by Guimarães EC, Silva de Brito P, Feitosa LM, Carvalho Costa LF, Ottoni FP (2019) A new cryptic species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908 (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Eastern Amazon, revealed by integrative taxonomy. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95(2): 345-360. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.34069, CC BY 4.0
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