ELOPIFORM FISHES 



pmx 



premaxilla 



soc 



pop 



preoperculum 



sop 



pop.s.c 



preopercular sensory canal 



so.s.c 



p.p.b 



posterior opening of periotic 



stt 





bulla 



stt.com 



pr.l.e 



lateral ethmoid process of 



suf 





autopalatine 



sy 



pr.mes 



mesethmoid process of 

 autopalatine 



Tpbb 



pro 



prootic 



Tpbh 



pro.ic 



prootic-intercalar bridge 



Tpce 



p.ros 



posterior rostral ossicle 



Tpib4 



psp 



pterosphenoid 





ptf 



post-temporal fossa 



u 



ptfc 



posterior opening of pars 



ud 





jugularis 



un 



pto 



pterotic 



vhh 



ptt 



post-temporal 



v.l 



pu 



preural centrum 







(numbered 1-6) 



vo 



qu 



quadrate 



I 



r.d 



distal radial 



II 



ros 



rostral ossicles 



III 



r.p 



proximal radial 

 (numbered 1-4) 



Vpal 



sb i 



first suprapharyngobranchial 



VII hm 



sea 



scapula 





scaf 



scapular foramen 



VII m 



scl 



supraclei thrum 





sef 



sub-epiotic fossa 



VII ot 



ses 



sesamoid articular 





smx 



supramaxilla (numbered 1-2) 



IX 



so 



supraorbital 



X 



supraoccipital 



suboperculum 



supraorbital sensory canal 



supratemporal 



supratemporal commissure 



subtemporal fossa 



symplectic 



tooth plate on basibranchial 



(numbered 1-4) 

 tooth plate on basihyal 

 tooth plate on ceratohyal 

 tooth plate on 



infrapharyngobranchial 4 

 ural centrum (numbered 1-2) 

 urodermal 



uroneural (numbered 1-7) 

 ventral hypohyal 

 ventral (intercalar) limb of 



post-temporal 

 vomer 



foramen for olfactory tract 

 foramen for optic tract 

 foramen for oculomotor 

 foramen for palatine ramus of 



trigeminal 

 foramen for hyomandibular 



trunk of facial 

 foramen for mandibular ramus 



of facial 

 foramen for otic branch of 



facial 

 foramen for glossopharyngeal 

 foramen for vagus 



Peter L. Forey 

 Department of Biology 

 Queen Elizabeth College 

 University of London 

 London 



