Girellidae
Gif6”d Puncmm Gray
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Japanese mbler or Opaleye
MEJINA
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N.9.+10.
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Descriptive notes:
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Adults attain about 30 cm in body length.
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Body short, long—oval and compressed.
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Nostrils large; eyes relatively small.
Snout roundish; mouth small.
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Jagged teeth observed in posterior part of preobercle.
A single row of teeth present in both jaws'with three large
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teeth.
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Body color purplish-black.
Sometimes
live in small schools around coastal reefs.
Eat young seaWeeds and small marine animals.
Extent of migration narrow.
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Usually swimming is not quick.
However, occàsionally, swim
among reefs relatively fast and skillfully.
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Distribution extends from the coastal waters in the south of
Japan’s main island to-the coastal waters of Formosa and
East lndies.
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Bulbus olfactorius small and closely adhered to lobus
olfactorius.
Lobus olfactorius large; each hemisphere is
divided into four parts.
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Lobus opticus egg-shaped and comparatively small.
Corpus cerebelli T-shaped and relatively well—developed.
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Emihentia granularis small.
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