PERCIFORMES
No. 166: SERRANIDAE (cont.)
No. 167: GRAMMISTIDAE. D VII-IX,( + )10-14; A II-III,S-9; upper
edge of opercle attached to body; skin with thick bitter-tasting
mucus.
No. 168: CALLANTHIIDAE. D XI,1O-11; A m,1O; opercle with 1 or 2
flat spines; preopercle smooth; LL runs near base of D, incomplete.
No. 169: PSEUDOCHROMIDAE. D I-III,21-37; A I-III,13-19; D and A
spines weak; V 1,3-5; LL incomplete or interrupted.
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No. 170: ACANTHOCLINIDAE. D XVIII-XX,3-5; A VIII-X,3-5; V 1,2.
No. 171: PSEUOOGRAMMIDAE. D VI-VIII,19-25; A III,15-24;
median fins scaly.
No. 172: PLESIOPIDAE. D X-XIII,6-1O; A III,S-9; V 1,4; preopercle
smooth; no spines on opercle; LL interrupted.
No. 173: TERAPONIDAE. D XI-XIII,9-11; A III,7-1O; preopercle serrate; opercle with 2 spines; maxilla not reaching past middle of
eye.
No. 174: PRIACANTHIDAE. D X,10-15; A III,1l-16; C branched rays
14; maxilla and lower jaw scaly; no V axillary scale.
No. 175: APOGONIDAE. D VI-VIII+I,7-14; A II,S-IS; usually only 1
spine on opercle.