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may prove to be incorrectly placed there because they differ 

 considerably in the configuration of their jaw elements, scales, 

 number of vertabrae. and have a higher number of caudal rays. 

 Heemstra's decision to exclude the Caproidae from the Zei- 



formes is supported by evidence from Rosen (1973), who dis- 

 cusses some similarity between zeoids and caproids but states 

 that the pelvic count of 1 spine and 5 rays, 3 anal spines, and 

 the reduced vertebral number 21-23 are a combination of char- 



