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than snout, the profile of which is oblique. Praeopercular 
margin slightly oblique and its lower angle with a spine. 
Intermaxilla, besides the anterior prominent tooth, with a series 
ce 
Fig. 73. Promacheon sibogae M. Web. X 4.8. 
Upper figure: jaw with translucent part of maxillary a & 20; 
lower figure: tip of snout from above X 4.8. 
of larger teeth partly curved and directed backward and 
smaller ones between them. Both kinds are smaller in the 
mandible. Length about 20 mm. 
Habitat: Banda Sea (o—2000 M. vertical net)! 
Order OSTARIOPHYSI Sagemehl. 
Physostome. Scaly or naked, lateral line present or absent. 
Skull with a supraoccipital, separated from the frontals by 
parietals, which are distinct or fused with the supraoccipital. 
Upper jaw formed by intermaxillare and maxillare, or by the 
first alone, the maxillare being reduced. Opercle complete or 
