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Known among all the genera of the family by 
the greatly developed cutaneous flap along each side of 
the mandible or beak. 
Loligorhamphus normani V/hitley 
Loligorhamphus normani kffilTLEY, Rec. Australian. 
Mus., vol. 18, no. 3, p. 105, pi. 12, figs. 
2-3, March 25, 1931 (type locality: Tovmsville, 
Queensland). 
Depth 14, compressed, flattened on dorsal and 
f 
ventral surfaces; head 2, head from snout tip 4, width 
3. Snout 2-1/3 in head from snout tip; eye 4, 1-2/5 in 
snout, 1-1/8 in interorbital; maxillary apparently 
reaches 4/5 to eye, length about 2-3/4 in head from snout 
tip; interorbital 3-3/5, low or nearly level. Gill rakers 
-f- 40. 
Scales about 60 in lateral series; 6 on side 
of caudal peduncle. Tubes of lateral line straight, 
with few short simple lateral branches. Fins without 
scales. 
D. 14, first ray 7i in total head length; A. 15, 
base shorter than dorsal base, fin height 9; caudal 4, 
forked, upper lobe shown but little shorter than lower; 
w 
least depth of caudal peduncle about equals eye; pectoral 
6 in total head length; ventral 7-1/5. 
