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supraoccipital crest and on the jaw structure are 
offered as evidence against certain of Patter- 
son’s (1964) specific polyphyletic derivations. 
The limits of the superfamily Percoidae 
adopted by Regan (1913) and Norman (1957) 
are accepted here, not because they are defini- 
tive but because at present they seem to be more 
concretely based than others yet proposed. 
Data on feeding habits, dentition, and jaw 
structure are brought out in support of an ar- 
rangement of percoid families proposed by 
Regan (1913). That much remains unsatisfac- 
tory in this or any other arrangement has been 
clearly indicated, it is hoped. 
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