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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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