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Key to the Families of Puget Sound Fishes

Section G

Pelvic Fins Thoracic with More than Five Soft-Rays

1a.Body oval-shaped and laterally compressed; lateral line arched high anteriorlyFamily Lamprididae
Opahs
1b.Body elongate; much longer than deep2
2a.Anal fin absent; caudal fin long and at right angle to bodyFamily Trachipteridae
Ribbonfishes
2b.Anal fin present; caudal fin not at right angle to body3
3a.Two anal fins; three dorsal finsFamily Gadidae
Cods
3b.One anal fin; 2 dorsal fins (anal and second dorsal may be deeply notched)Family Merlucciidae
Merluccid Hakes

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