Fishes of the IVestern North Atlantic 



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first 

 arch 



glossohyal 

 hypohyals 

 ceratohyal 



pharyngobranchial 

 epibranchial 

 ceratobranchial — ^o"^ 

 hypobranchial 

 basibronchiol 



interhyal 

 epihyal 



branchiostegals 

 urohyal 



first (or suspensory) phoryngobranchiais 



pharyngobranchial 



basibranchiais 



hypobranchials 



ceratobranchials 



epibranchials 



B 



posttemporal 



supracleithrum 

 postcleith 

 scapula 

 cleithrum 

 coracoid 



posttemporal 

 supracleithrum 

 cleithrum 

 postcleithra 

 mesocoracoid 

 scapula 

 coracoid 



Figure 6. Hyoid arch, branchial basket, and pectoral girdle of Pomolobus mediocris. a lateral view of left hyoid 

 arch with associated branchiostegal rays and first branchial arch; b three-quarter view of branchial arches; 

 c outer view of left pectoral girdle; d inner view of left pectoral girdle. Drawn by Margaret G. Bradbury. 



