KEY TO SKELETON OF THE PERCH 



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16. 



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Frontal bone. 

 Pre-frontal bone. 

 Ethmoid bone. 

 Post-frontal bone. 

 Basi-occipital bone. 

 Basi-sphenoid bone. 

 Parietal bone. 

 Supra-occipital bone. 

 Paroccipital bone. 

 Exoccipital bone. 

 Alisphenoid bone. 

 Mastoid bone. 

 Squamosal bone. 

 Orbitosphenoid bone. 

 Basisphenoid bone. 

 Vomer. 

 Inter- or Pre-maxillary 



bone. 



Maxillary bone. 

 Infra-orbital ring. 

 Turbinals. 

 Palatine bone. 

 Hyomandibular bone. 

 Pterygoid bone. 

 Entopterygoid bone. 

 Quadrate bone. 

 Metapterygoid bone. 

 Operculum. 

 Stylohyal bone. 

 Praeoperculum. 

 Symplectic bone. 

 Suboperculum. 

 Interoperculum. 

 Dentary. 

 Articulary. 

 Angular bone. 

 lEpihyal and Ceratohyal 

 J bones. 



*?" vBasihyal bones. 

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41. Glossohyal bone. 



42. Urohyal bone. 



43. Branchiostegal rays. 



46. Post-temporal bone. 



47. Supraclavicula. 



48. Clavicula. 



49* IPost-clavicula. 

 5-J 



51. Coracoid (radius) bone. 



52. Scapula (ulna). 



53. Carpals and metacarpals. 



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54. VBasibranchials. 



58. Ceratobranchials. 



59. Upper epibranchial of first 



branchial arch. 

 Epibranchials. 

 Upper pharyngeals. 

 Gill-rakers. 



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 62. 



63- 



Abdominal vertebras. 



69. Caudal vertebrae. 



70. Hypural bone. 



71. Caudal rays. 



72. Ribs. 



73. Epipleural spines. 



74. Interneural spines. 



75. Dorsal rays. 



76. First interneural spine. 

 78. Rudimentary caudal 



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rays. 

 Interhaemal spines. 



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80. Pubic bones. 



81. Ventral spine 



