PERCIFORMES
No. 231: TRICHONOTIDAE. D 45-47; A 37-39; branched Crays 11 or
12; scales cycloid; LL continuous; small sharp teeth on jaws,
vomer and palatines; gill membranes separate, not joined to isthmus.
No. 232: CREEDIIDAE. D 22-25 or D 36-40; A 26-28 or A 33-40; V
absent or V 1,4-5; row of cirri along lower lip; principal Crays
11-12, branched rays 8; minute villiform teeth on jaws.
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No. 233: PERCOPHIDAE. D VI+14-15 or IV-VI,19-22; A 15-16 or
23-25; V with 1 weak spine and 5 branched rays, their bases well
separated; 7-13 branched Crays.
No. 234: MUGILOIDIDAE. D IV-V,19-24; A 1,16-19; branched Crays
15; scales small to moderate, ctenoid; maxilla mostly covered by
preorbital; opercle with a stout spine posteriorly.
No. 235: BLENNIIDAE. D VII-XVII,11-37 (Xiphasia with 97-119 segmented D & A rays); A 1-11,12-33 , D & A spines weak, flexible; V
with hidden spine and 1-4 segmented rays; fin rays unbranched,
except some C rays in certain species; scales absent; segmented
Crays 10-15.
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No. 236: TRIPTERYGIIDAE. D III-IV/XI-XV+8-12; A 1-11,16-22; V
with a hidden spine and 2 segmented rays; body with ctenoid
scales; head and belly scaly in some species; branched Crays 11,
segmented Crays 13.
No. 237: CLiNIDAE. D XXIV-L,0-14; A I1,14-43; V 1,2-3; C 11-13; all
fin rays simple (unbranched); viviparous, males with a fleshy
penis; scales cycloid, embedded, usually inconspicuous, rarely
absent.
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.ry.~ ------ --= -No. 238: AMMODYTIDAE. D 49-54; A 23-27; V absent; branched C
rays 13; body completely covered with small cycloid scales or
mostly naked; teeth absent.
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No. 239: CALLIONYMIDAE. D IV,7-1O or D 1+11; A 6-12 ; scales
absent; upper jaw greatly protrusile; preopercle with stout spine;
opercle and subopercle spineless; gill opening a small pore.
No. 240: GOBIIDAE. D VI+I,5-37 or VI+6-7 or VI+14-15 or V-VI,
27-51 or VII-XV+I,lO-11 or XIV-XVII+ll; A 0-1,5-19 or I,
27-30 or A 30-51; V 1,4-5 separate or united to form a disc; branchiostegal rays 5; scales cycloid, ctenoid, or absent; D & A spines
weak, flexible.
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No. 231: TRICHONOTIDAE. D 45-47; A 37-39; branched Crays 11 or
12; scales cycloid; LL continuous; small sharp teeth on jaws,
vomer and palatines; gill membranes separate, not joined to isthmus.
No. 232: CREEDIIDAE. D 22-25 or D 36-40; A 26-28 or A 33-40; V
absent or V 1,4-5; row of cirri along lower lip; principal Crays
11-12, branched rays 8; minute villiform teeth on jaws.
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No. 233: PERCOPHIDAE. D VI+14-15 or IV-VI,19-22; A 15-16 or
23-25; V with 1 weak spine and 5 branched rays, their bases well
separated; 7-13 branched Crays.
No. 234: MUGILOIDIDAE. D IV-V,19-24; A 1,16-19; branched Crays
15; scales small to moderate, ctenoid; maxilla mostly covered by
preorbital; opercle with a stout spine posteriorly.
No. 235: BLENNIIDAE. D VII-XVII,11-37 (Xiphasia with 97-119 segmented D & A rays); A 1-11,12-33 , D & A spines weak, flexible; V
with hidden spine and 1-4 segmented rays; fin rays unbranched,
except some C rays in certain species; scales absent; segmented
Crays 10-15.
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No. 236: TRIPTERYGIIDAE. D III-IV/XI-XV+8-12; A 1-11,16-22; V
with a hidden spine and 2 segmented rays; body with ctenoid
scales; head and belly scaly in some species; branched Crays 11,
segmented Crays 13.
No. 237: CLiNIDAE. D XXIV-L,0-14; A I1,14-43; V 1,2-3; C 11-13; all
fin rays simple (unbranched); viviparous, males with a fleshy
penis; scales cycloid, embedded, usually inconspicuous, rarely
absent.
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.ry.~ ------ --= -No. 238: AMMODYTIDAE. D 49-54; A 23-27; V absent; branched C
rays 13; body completely covered with small cycloid scales or
mostly naked; teeth absent.
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No. 239: CALLIONYMIDAE. D IV,7-1O or D 1+11; A 6-12 ; scales
absent; upper jaw greatly protrusile; preopercle with stout spine;
opercle and subopercle spineless; gill opening a small pore.
No. 240: GOBIIDAE. D VI+I,5-37 or VI+6-7 or VI+14-15 or V-VI,
27-51 or VII-XV+I,lO-11 or XIV-XVII+ll; A 0-1,5-19 or I,
27-30 or A 30-51; V 1,4-5 separate or united to form a disc; branchiostegal rays 5; scales cycloid, ctenoid, or absent; D & A spines
weak, flexible.
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