1077 . 
Family Lamprididae 
Body high, oval, compressed. Caudal peduncle short, without 
keel. Head moderate, rather deep. Eyes moderate. Mouth terminal, 
bordered by premaxillary extent by maxilla also. Jaws short, equal. 
No. teeth in jaws, angle with grooves to permit motion of jaws. 
Opercular bones entire, well developed. Gill opening large, membranes 
free from isthmus. Gills 4, pectinated, branchial apparatus fully devel¬ 
oped. Pharyngeals with teeth in adult. Skeleton well ossified. Verte¬ 
brae 45, of which 25 caudal. Oesophagus without spinous teeth. Air 
bladder large, bifurcate behind. Pyloric coeca very numerous. Scales 
minute or small, thin, cycloid, deciduous, somewhat larger in pectoral 
region. Lateral line present. Dorsal single, very high. No finlcts. 
Anal long, uniformly low. Eoth dorsal and anal cepressible in groove. 
Ceudal moderately forked. Pectorals large, falcate. Ventrals thoracic, 
set back of pectoral bases. 
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