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Thepreopercleand interopercle are very large.
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The gill-flap on the cheek (preopercle) each has five sharp spines.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The operculum is composed of four fused bones; the opercle,preopercle, interopercle, and subopercle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Females possess strong sphenotic andpreoperclespines and highly distensible stomachs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The margins of thepreopercleand the suborbital bone under the rear of the eye are smooth and scaled.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the sides of thepreopercleis a large, elongated protrusion, where the powerful jaw adductor muscles attach.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepreoperclespines (near the gill-opening) are venomous, and can give painful wounds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepreopercle, the bony plate just in front of the operculum, bears a few spines set at an angle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepreopercleis serrated, the lower membranous flap does not extend beyond edge of preoperculum.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The lips are blue and thepreoperclespine is light bluish grey.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Marine angelfish are distinguished from butterflyfish by the presence of strongpreoperclespines (part of the gill covers) in the former.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The operculum andpreoperclemay or may not have spines.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its body has a stock appearance, oval shape, strongly compressed laterally with a strongpreoperclespine.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The top of the snout is blackish, while the opercle,preopercleand preorbital are bright silver.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The margin of thepreopercleis serrated; the margin of bone under the eyes is serrated, without a notch in it and the bone before it.
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