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  Fishes of Libong Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lobotidae: no spines on opercle; no teeth on vomer or palatines; soft dorsal and anal fins project well past caudal fin base.
Kuhliidae: rear edge of opercle froming only 2 flat points; branchio-stegal rays 6; scaly sheath at bases of dorsal and anal fins.
Benthic or bottom-orientated fishes, usually found on coral reefs or rocky substrata; most species occur on continental or insular shelves in depths less than 200 m.
research.kahaku.go.jp /zoology/Fishes_of_Libong/data/p026_01a.html   (319 words)

  
 Oxleyan pygmy perch - Nannoperca oxleyana
A third genus, Edelia, was previously recognised but has been combined into Nannoperca.
Although previously thought to belong to the family Kuhliidae or comprise their own family Nannopercidae, recent genetic evidence suggests that the pygmy perches belong within the Percicthyidae (P. Unmack, pers.
Only one species of pygmy perch occurs in Queensland, Nannoperca oxleyana.
www.asfb.org.au /research/tsp/tfp_oxpperch.htm   (1073 words)

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