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Sub Order STOMIATOIDEA 
Dentigerous maxillary under the mouth gape and firmly joined to premax¬ 
illary . Ribs attached to short parapophyses which inserted in pits in verte¬ 
bral center. Caudal skeleton as in clupeoides, with upturned vertebrae. 
Oceanic fishes, some living in great depths. Differs from, the clupeoides 
in the presence of photophores definitely arranged in 2 series on each side of 
the body below. 
ANALYSIS OF EMILIES 
a. Premaxillary without front expansion; 2 supplemental maxillaries; no 
barbel; dorsal before or above front part of anal. 
b* Body elongate 
2 
b. Body deep, strongly compressed 
2 
Gono s t omatidae * 
Sternoptychidae♦ 
£U Premaxillary with strong front expansion extending upward over ethmoid; 
maxillary slender, without supplemental bone. 
1 
jc. Dorsal before anal; adipose fin present; pectoral well developed. 
1 
cL Dorsal above or behind ventral Astronesthidae* 
2 ~ 
d^. Dorsal well before ventral Chanliodontidae . 
• c.. Dorsal and anal wholly or in great part opposed; no adipose fin; pectoral 
usually small or absent. 
1 
e. Mouth wide; hyoid barbel present, Stomiatidae. 
2 
e. Mouth very wide; no barbel 
ialacosteidae 
