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Genus 
Lepidoblepharon Weber 
Lepidoblepharon Webar ^ Sjboga Fishes, vol. 57, p, 421, 1913. (Typo 
Lepidoblopharon ophthalmolepis Weber, monotypic*) 
byes on right side, separated by narrot^ scaly space, li^louth 
wide* Teeth snail, in bands in jaws* Head of vomer projecting into 
mouth, toothless or with few teeth on its hind border, rest of palate 
toothless* Gill menbranes united below throat# Gill rakers long# 
Scales firm, ctenoid on colored side where also covering snout, jaws 
and uppor surfaces of eyes; cycloid on blind side. Lateral line arch¬ 
ed over pectoral# Dorsal and anal rays simple or split at ends and 
last anal more distinctly forked# Dorsal begins near snout tip; mth- 
out enlarged rays# Both pectorals developed# Kight ventral well before 
left# 
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