No. 220: LABRIDAE (cont.)
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No. 221: SCARIDAE. D IX,1O; A III,9; D and A spines slender, often
flexible; scales large, cycloid; teeth of most species fused to form
beak-like dental plates separated by a median suture
(Caiatomus, with 2 species in our area, have a bony ridge in the
jaws covered with flattened imbricate teeth); nostrils small,
paired; lower pharyngeal bones (5th ceratobranchials) fused into
a single unit with a pavement of molariform teeth.
No. 222: MUGILIDAE. D IV + 1,7-9; A III,8-9; scales cycloid or feebly
ctenoid; no LL; teeth villiform or absent.
No. 223: POLYNEMIDAE. D VIII + 1,12-14; A II-III, 11-13; lower 5-8 P
rays free, filamentous; snout projecting in front of mouth;
adipose eyelid well developed; scales weakly ctenoid; LL extending onto C; villiform teeth on jaws and palatines.
PERCIFORMES
No. 224: SPHYRAENIDAE. D V + 1,8-9; A II,8-1O; scales small, cycloid;
teeth large, sharp, flattened or conical, of unequal size on jaws
and palatines; LL well developed; V well behind Pj P much
shorter than head.
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No. 225: OPISTOGNATHIDAE. D XI,13-16; A III,13-15; D and A
spines weak; V origin anterior to P base; scales cycloid; LL high
on body, ending below middle of Dj LL tubes embedded in skin,
not on scales.
No. 226: CEPOLIDAE. D 82-89 or D III,21-22; A 91-102 or A 1,13-14;
median fins separate or continuous; scales cycloid; LL high on
body, incomplete.
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No. 227: CONGROGADIDAE. D I-II,42-63; A 32-43; V rudimentary
(1,2 or 1,3) or absent; branched Crays 10; scales cycloid, small.
No. 228: CHIASMODONTIDAE. D IX-XIII + 18-29; A 1,17-29; body
naked or with numerous, small, projecting spinules, or with 2 or
more rows of larger, stout, projecting prickles; long teeth on
jaws and palatines.
No. 229: CHAMPSODONTIDAE. D IV-V,19-21; A 17-19; V large, inserted in front of the-small P; scales very small and rough; long,
dagger-like spine at angle of preopercle.
No. 230: URANOSCOPIDAE. D III-V+13 or D 9-10; A 10-14; body
thick anteriorly, compressed posteriorly; head massive, flattened dorsally with bones exposed; V on isthmus, with 1 short
spine and 5 rays.
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No. 221: SCARIDAE. D IX,1O; A III,9; D and A spines slender, often
flexible; scales large, cycloid; teeth of most species fused to form
beak-like dental plates separated by a median suture
(Caiatomus, with 2 species in our area, have a bony ridge in the
jaws covered with flattened imbricate teeth); nostrils small,
paired; lower pharyngeal bones (5th ceratobranchials) fused into
a single unit with a pavement of molariform teeth.
No. 222: MUGILIDAE. D IV + 1,7-9; A III,8-9; scales cycloid or feebly
ctenoid; no LL; teeth villiform or absent.
No. 223: POLYNEMIDAE. D VIII + 1,12-14; A II-III, 11-13; lower 5-8 P
rays free, filamentous; snout projecting in front of mouth;
adipose eyelid well developed; scales weakly ctenoid; LL extending onto C; villiform teeth on jaws and palatines.
PERCIFORMES
No. 224: SPHYRAENIDAE. D V + 1,8-9; A II,8-1O; scales small, cycloid;
teeth large, sharp, flattened or conical, of unequal size on jaws
and palatines; LL well developed; V well behind Pj P much
shorter than head.
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No. 225: OPISTOGNATHIDAE. D XI,13-16; A III,13-15; D and A
spines weak; V origin anterior to P base; scales cycloid; LL high
on body, ending below middle of Dj LL tubes embedded in skin,
not on scales.
No. 226: CEPOLIDAE. D 82-89 or D III,21-22; A 91-102 or A 1,13-14;
median fins separate or continuous; scales cycloid; LL high on
body, incomplete.
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No. 227: CONGROGADIDAE. D I-II,42-63; A 32-43; V rudimentary
(1,2 or 1,3) or absent; branched Crays 10; scales cycloid, small.
No. 228: CHIASMODONTIDAE. D IX-XIII + 18-29; A 1,17-29; body
naked or with numerous, small, projecting spinules, or with 2 or
more rows of larger, stout, projecting prickles; long teeth on
jaws and palatines.
No. 229: CHAMPSODONTIDAE. D IV-V,19-21; A 17-19; V large, inserted in front of the-small P; scales very small and rough; long,
dagger-like spine at angle of preopercle.
No. 230: URANOSCOPIDAE. D III-V+13 or D 9-10; A 10-14; body
thick anteriorly, compressed posteriorly; head massive, flattened dorsally with bones exposed; V on isthmus, with 1 short
spine and 5 rays.
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