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Excerpt from Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 116
Diagnosis. - Glll membranes separate. Chin barbel absent. Live-bearing. Pelvic fins each with one ray, originating close to level of posterior margin of preopercle and about an eye diameter behind symphysis of cleithra; vertical fins continuous, covered proxi mally with thick, scaleless skin; pectoral fin entire, without separate, elongated rays. Head partly naked, bearing dermal papillae; anterior nostril tubular, located directly above upper lip; gill rakers 2 or 3; tongue a massive structure with anterior, prowlike projection fitting between 2 heads of geniohyoideus muscle. Branchiostegal rays 8. Body relatively short, stubby; head not depressed, height greater than width. Lateral line with 2 or more series, dorsal and ventral some times overlapping or parallel for entire lengths; palatine lacking teeth; ventrally directed projection usually present at posteroventral section of maxillary; posterior portion of maxillary expanded. Eyes well developed. Body completely covered with small cycloid scales. Lining of peritoneum pale in color. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
