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TELEOSTEI 



Family Serranidae. Very like the Sparidae ; but usually with a 

 toothed palate, and sometimes with the lower pharyngeals united 



Fig B 



Fig. 430. 



A, left half of the pectoral girdle, left pectoral fin, and pelvic girdle of Serrari u cdbriUa, L. 

 B, suborbitals of the same, showing the subocular shelf, enlarged, c, coracoid ; <•/, cleithrum ; 

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

 post-temporal ; jd.f, pectoral tin ; r, radial ; s, scapula : sc, supraclavicle ; s.f, scapular foramen ; 

 "l-.'i, suborbitals; so.s, suborbital shelf; v.pe, ventral postelavicle. 



FlO. 437. 

 Si rranus altivelis, C. and V. (After Gunther.) 



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

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



