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Taxonomic Keys - Anabantidae PROVISIONAL ILLUSTRATED KEY TO THE ANABANTID GENERA OF LOWER CONGO AND POOL MALEBO

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1A. DEEP-BODIED (FIG. 1A), 16 SEGMENTED CAUDAL FIN RAYS (FIG. 1A)...................."CTENOPOMA" 1B. RELATIVELY GRACILE (FIG. 1B), 14 SEGMENTED CAUDAL FIN RAYS (FIG. 1B)....................2 2A. MEDIAN PORES OF CEPHALIC LATEROSENSORY SYSTEM (NLF0) PAIRED IN MIDLINE (FIG. 2B), INTERIOR OF OPERCULAR NOTCH SMOOTH (FIG. 2C)....................MICROCTENOPOMA 2B. SINGLE MEDIAN PORE OF CEPHALIC LATEROSENSORY SYSTEM IN MIDLINE (FIG. 2A), INTERIOR OF OPERCULAR NOTCH WITH SERRATIONS (FIG. 2D)....................CTENOPOMA

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