The Marine and Fresh Water Fishes of Iraq |
Common terms and phrases
abdominal adipose fin Air bladder Anal fin anal spine anteriorly arch Attains band barbels Bloch Body elongate border Branchiostegals canines caudal fin caudal peduncle Cleft of mouth Colour compressed convex ctenoid cycloid dark dorsal and anal dorsal fin dorsal profile dorsal ray dorsal spine edge end of snout equal Eyes lateral finlets fishes free from isthmus front Gill membranes Gill openings Gill rakers Heckel Height of body interorbital space keel lateral line length of head less lobe longer longest lower jaw margin maxilla Maxillary reaching median middle moderate nearly nostrils oblique oblong obtuse opercle Operculum orbit origin of dorsal outer pair palatines pectoral fin Pelvic fins Pharyngeal teeth posterior posteriorly preopercle protractile rounded rows Scales small scaly scutes second dorsal serrated Shatt-el-Arab shorter silvery slender slightly soft dorsal soft rays species Spinous dorsal spots SUBORDER symphysis Teeth in jaws Tigris upper jaw usually Valenciennes ventral fins vomer