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? Gadus pseudomorrhua BLEEKER, Nederland Tijds. Dierk., vol. 
4, p. (130) 151, 1873 (1874) (type locality: China), 
Genus Tripterophycis Boulenger 
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Tripterophycis BOULENGER, Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist., ser, 7, vol. 
9, p. 335, 1902. (Type Tripterophycis gilchristi BOULENGER, 
% 
monotypic.) 
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Body elongate, tapering posteriorly. Snout short. Eye large. 
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Mouth rather small, lower jaw shorter than upper. Maxillary reaches middle 
of eye. Mandibular barbel present. Teeth uniserial in both jaws, close set, 
chisel shaped. No teeth on vomer and palatines. Gill rakers long and 
slender. Branchiostegals 7. Scales small, cycloid. Dorsals three, first 
small, second short and rather high, behind level of vent, third elongate 
and low, far back. Anal single, elongate, nearly uniformly high. Caudal 
small, obtusely pointed. Ventrals reduced, rays 5 and two outermost elongate 
and filamentous. Vent premedian, well advanced. 
