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anteriorly anteroventral arch articulates ascending process Aspidontus attached basioccipital basisphenoid BASOC blenniids Blenniini Blennioidei Blennius bone canines caudal fin caudal rays circumorbitals cleithrum Clinidae comblike teeth concavity connective tissue coracoid dentaries designation and monotypy distal dorsal fin dorsoposterior Ecsenius Enchelyurus Entomacrodus epihyal epiotic epipleurals ethmoid EXOC exoccipital extending external female figs fishes frontal fused genera genus Gosline groove haemal spine hyomandibular hypural plate intercalar internal surface interopercle joint Jordan lateral ethmoids lateral extrascapular ligament male margin maxillary median ethmoid Meiacanthus mesial Nemophidinae neural nigricans Omobranchini Omobranchus opening original designation overlaps palatine parasphenoid parietal pectoral rays pelvic fin pelvic rays perciform portion posterior end posteriorly POSTT posttemporal premaxillary Proc prootic proximal pterygiophore pterosphenoid pterotic pterygiophore radial replacement teeth respective Runula Rüppell Salarias Salariini scapula sensory canal species specimens sphenotic standard length Stanulus SUPOC supraoccipital type-species U.S. Nat urostyle USNM Valenciennes ventral vertebra vomer Whitley Xiphasia ΕΡΙΟ