Fish Nomenclature

Jax Boat Club
904.477.9794

1. Total length

2. Fork length

3. Standard length

4. Head length

5. Snout length

6. Caudal peduncle

   (where the body attaches to the tail)

7. Fin rays, spinous

   (unsegmented) and soft (segmented)

8. First (spinous) dorsal fin

9. Second (soft) dorsal fin

10. Pectoral fin

11. Pelvic (ventral) fin

12. Anal fin

13. Finlet

14. Caudal (tail) fin

15. Lateral fin

16. Scutes (bone-like projections)

17. Opercle (gill cover)

18. Preopercle (cheek)

19. Interopercle

20.  Adipose eyelid

21. Supramaxilla

    (rear portion of upper jaw bone)

22. Premaxilla

    (forward portion of upper jaw bone)

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