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Genus Paraplagusia Sleeker 
Paraplagusia Sleeker , Nederl. lijds. Sierk., vol. 2, p. 274, 1865. 
(Type, Paraplagusia bilineata Sleeker, designated by Jordan, Genera 
of Fishes^ pta 3, p# 336, 1S19*) 
Body lenceolate# Snout hooked, overhangs mouth cleft* Eyes 
on left side* Mouth unsymmetrical, strongly curved* Lips of colored 
side with row of fringed tentacles* One tubular nostril on colored 
side, with valve at free border; 2 nostrils on blind side, close behind 
each other, anterior pierced through fleshy tentacle and posterior oval 
with short tube* Gill membranes united, more or less free from isthmus* 
Scales ctenoid on both sides* Lateral lines 2 or 3 on colored side, 
connected by means of sensory canal on head, one median, one other along 
dorsal base and third, when present, along anal base* One lateral line 
on blind side without pores* Vertical fins all confluent* No pectorals* 
Only left ventral developed* 
Indian and YJestern Pacific Oceans* 
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