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jaws; posterior to the concavity near tip of lower jaw occur 5 and 

 8 canine teeth along midside of jaw behind which is a band of villi- 

 f orm teeth ; small teeth on vomer and palatines ; pel vies 1,5; the spine 

 serrated on anterior edge; dorsal rays IX, I, 9, the anterior edge of 

 second dorsal spine serrated beyond tip of first spine, no other spine 

 in dorsal fins serrated; the space between dorsals equal to width of 

 pupil; the third dorsal spine longest; anal rays II, 7, the anterior edge 

 of the second spine serrated, bej^ond the tip of the first ; pectoral rays 



Figure 20. — Upper and lower jaws of clieilodipterid fishes, showing arrangement of the 

 teeth; bands and patches of villiform teeth are blackened; white spots on black area 

 represent canine teeth, usually in a single row along outer margin; vomerine and palatine 

 teeth not shown: a, Cheilodipierus, diagram based on U.S.N.M. Nos. 30658 and 49287 

 (C. lineatus), 52410 and 65604 (C. macrodon), 30541 (probably C. odovittatus), and 37416 

 (type of C. affinis); b, Cheilodiplerops, based on U.S.N.M. No. 30657 (holotype of C. 

 isosiigma); c, Jadamga, based on U.S.N.M. Nos. 52296 (7 specimens), 65976 (1 specimen), 

 and the holotype from a sketch of /. quinquelineata by Chabanaud; d, Neoscoinbrops, based 

 on a sketch by Barnard from a specimen of N. annectens in the South African Museumj 

 e, Gymnapogon, based on U.S.N. I\I. No. 108821 (paratype of G. japonicus). 



