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TELEOSTEI 



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

 toothed palate, and sometimes with the lower pharyngeals united 



Tig B 



-fl'S 



._.. vpc 



FIG. 436. 



A, left half of the pectoral girdle, left pectoral fin, and pelvic girdle of Serranus cabrilla, L. 

 B, suborbitals of the same, showing the suboculur shelf, enlarged, c, coracoid ; d, cleithrum ; 

 tc, lateral line suborbital canal ; p, right pelvic bone ; pc, postclavicle ; p.f, left pelvic fin ; p.t, 

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

 sol-3, suborbitals ; so.s, suborbital shelf; v.pc, ventral postclavicle. 



Fio. 437. 

 Serranus altivelis, C. and V. (After Giinther.) 



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

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



