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Family ILYOPHIDAE 
Mouth terminal, lateral cleft extending behind eye. Max- 
illary slender, articulates with ethmoid near end of snout. Teeth 
conic, small, in narrow bands in jaws, large and uniserial on 
vomer. Nostrils lateral. Gill openings separated. Body scaly. 
Dorsal and anal continuous with reduced caudal. Pectorals present. 
Vent remote from head. 
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