· Branchial = Gk originated term related to gills
· Branchiostegals = Gk originated term for the slim bones which they support the gill membrane ...
In vitro exposure of Spirobranchus giganteus and Spirobranchus tetraceros (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) to various turbidities: Branchial morphologies: An expression of filtering strategies? Oebalia 18:45-52.
Hunte, W., B. E. Conlin, and J. R. Marsden.
Another common name for anabantoids is labyrinth fish, derived from the folded suprabranchial accessory breathing organ known as the labyrinth organ, called such because of its labyrinth or maze-like structure.
Cypriniformes: Kinethmoid present (a median bone between ascending processes of premaxillae); palatine articulating in a socket of the endoptrygoid; fifth ceratobranchial (the pharyngeal bone) enlarged, ...
The brightly colored branchial plume which sticks out of it traps oxygen, as well as the organisms which make up zooplankton. At the sign of any danger, or if the tank or its support are knocked, this branchial plume retreats into its tube.
The labyrinth organ, a defining characteristic of fishes in the suborder Anabantoidei, is a much-folded suprabranchial accessory breathing organ.
Upper jaw and 4th ceratobranchial toothless; lower jaw with few conical teeth in pocket or depression near symphysis. Snout tip acutely pointed in lateral view, with tip separated from the rest of the snout by distinct notch.
 See also: Fish, Species, Water, Gill, Caudal
  
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