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S31 
_ . First gill arch with membranous fold restricting first 
gill slit; gill rakers tubercular; second dorsal ray 
modified spine, often serrate on front edge; anal more 
developed than second dorsal; teeth in jaws only; no 
pseudobranchiae. 
_1 
J= • Coryphaenoidinae . Pectorals not pedunculated; 
pectoral actinostes 4 to 6. 
Jl . Branchiostegals 6; gill membranes broadly 
united, scarcely extended forward ventrally; 
lower gill rakers less than 15; scales 
usually moderate; no striate regions on 
under side of trunk; vent usually close 
before anal, not or rarely preceded by 
naked area on fossa; large, wide ranging 
species. 
,1 
_ . No barbel; premaxillary teeth unequal, in 
narrow band separated by interspace from 
marginal series of small teeth, of which 
one enlarged anterolateral canine; mouth 
terminal; anal not much higher than 
second dorsal; Antarctic.- 
---■- Cynomaerurus. 
2 
2L . Barbel always present; no canines; mouth 
not terminal; anal much higher than 
dorsal. 
