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peorgianus VALENCIllfeES, monotypic.) 
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Body oblong or ellipsoid, deepfiP^ s pi nous dorsal. Head pointed, 
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compressed. Snout moderate. Eyes moderate orjjpiall. kaxillary small. Man¬ 
dible protruding. Jaws with broad band of teeth, narrowing laterally, 
catch on vomer and band on each palatirie^^ppngue smooth. Two nostrils, close 
together, each side of snout. Ope^^^pith 2 short spines. Branchiostegals 7 
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Pvloric coeca 17 to 75. caldraPKutely. ciliated# Upper surface of head and 
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suborbitals naked, cheekL^pPliaxillary scaly. Small scales form sheaths along 
dorsal and anal ba^ft^Lateral line parallel with profile of back. Dorsal 
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with 9 slend^igllfflfnes, -higher than 14 - to 18 rays of soft fin. Anal with 3 
small grJjKed spines, lower than 9 or 10 rays of soft fin. Caudal deeply 
forkeJiF Ventrals inserted slightly behind pectoral bases. 
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Pood fishes of small or moderate size, sometimes appearing in great 
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schooliBfedjbf interest to anglers. Jenyns proposed the generic name chiefly 
on scale s -describes the scales as having instead of the usual 
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fan of diverging striae on their baS^^^tions, a triangular space filled up 
bv a number of extremely fine, closely app^imating striae, parallel to each 
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