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KEY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON 

 SHORE FISHES. 



Teleosteans (bony fish, with terminal mouths and equally lobcd or 

 rounded tails). 



(1) Some of the fins are at least partially supported by spines. 



.Head spines two, 

 shorterthan breadth 

 of eye (7. scorpius. 

 Head spines four, one 

 longer than breadth 

 of eye C. bubalis. 



Lophius piscatorius, fish- 

 ing-frog. 



fTwo to four dorsal 

 spines G. aculea- 

 j tus. 



~ 1 Fifteen dorsal spines 

 \ G. spinachia. 



:No tentacle above 

 the eye B. pho- 

 lis. 



fNine to thirteen 

 JJ black spots on 

 |j back (7. gunnel- 



l lus. 



t f Dorsal fin, with de- 

 S \ pressed area near 

 | ~\ end Z. vivi- 

 5 \ parus. 



Body with rows \Cyclopterus lumpus, the 

 of tubercles . j lump-sucker. 



(e) First dorsal ^j .A ^ 

 represented by I Q ^ 

 crest, ventral j S 'o 

 sucker . . J ^ 



