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  • Chirocentrodon bleekerianus, Dogtooth Herring
    top jaw - 2 toothed bones
    both jaws - large canines
    with pelvics
  • elongate
    D origin behind A origin
    Neoopisthopterus cubanus, Cuban Longfin Herring
    mouth opens at front, top jaw short
    no pelvics
  • Odontognathus compressus, Caribbean Longfin Herring
    belly keel - no gap under pectoral base
    A 52-62
  • Odontognathus mucronatus, Guiana Longfin Herring
    belly keel - gap under pectoral base
    A 70-85
  • deep body
    D origin before A origin
    Pellona harroweri, American Coastal Pellona, American Coastal Pellona Herring
    top jaw - 3 toothed bones
    with pelvics