Dictionary of Ichthyology  

hypertrophy = the over-development of a structure, e.g. the lips in some cyprinid fishes, the finfolds in the larval myctophid Loweina rara used in nutrient absorption (Barbus nedgia from Boulenger's "Fishes of the Nile").

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