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KAMAKICHI KISHINOUYE : 
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Body elongated, fusi¬ 
form, covered with small 
thin scales. The cheeks 
are covered with many 
small scales. Top of the 
head flat, and the greater 
part of the frontals is direct¬ 
ly covered by the si in. 
Eyes large. Vomer flat¬ 
tened, villous teeth in a 
median group. Occipital 
crest low. Opisthotic 
forms a small portion at 
the posterior dorsal portion 
of the skull. No auxiliary 
intermuscular bone. The 
first dorsal interspinous 
bone seems to belong to the 
myotome of the second 
vertebra, as in the case 
of the Scorn bridae. The 
second dorsal and anal are 
covered entirely with elon¬ 
gated narrow scales. The 
ventral or the external side 
of pectorals is also covered 
with similar scales. Teeth 
in jaw r s are small with 
trenchant edges, about 27 
in the upper, and about 
20 in the lower. The 
condylar facet of the 
basioccipital is slightly 
hollow and oblique. Arti- 
Fig. X. Skeletou of Grammatorcynus biUneatus. 3/5. 
