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TELEOSTEI 



Family SERRANIDAE. Very like the Sparidae 

 toothed palate, and sometimes with the lower 



but usually with a 

 pharyngeals united 



._.- YfC 



FIG. 436. 



A, left half of the pectoral girdle, left pectoral fin, and pelvic girdle of Serranvs cabrilla, L. 

 B, suborbitals of the same, showing the subocular shelf, enlarged, c, coracoid ; d, cleithruni ; 

 Ic, lateral line suborbital canal ; p, right pelvic bone ; pc, postclavicle ; p.f, left pelvic fin ; p.t, 

 post-temporal ; pt.f, pectoral fin ; r, radial ; s, scapula ; sc, supraelavicle ; s.f, scapular foramen ; 

 so 1-3, suborbitals ; so.s, suborbital shelf; v.pc, ventral postclavicle. 



Fio. 437. 

 Serranvs altivelis, C. and V. (After Giinther.) 



(Centrogenys). The spinotis dorsal may be separate. Often hermaphrodite. 

 The male Chilodipterus and Apogon carry the developing eggs in their mouth. 



