FIGURE 38 in Phylogenetic position of the fish genera Lobotes, Datnioides and Hapalogenys, with a reappraisal of acanthuriform composition and relationships based on adult and larval morphology

FIGURE 38. Lateral view of anterior part of skull (infraorbital and nasal bones removed) showing palatine articulation in: A) Capros aper, BMNH 2016.4.27.169-172, 51 mm SL; B) Siganus spinus (Siganidae), ACG CS572, 61 mm SL. Abbreviations: APAL, anterior palatine ossification; ETH, ethmoid; FR, frontal; LETH, lateral ethmoid; PAL, palatine; PPAL, posterior palatine ossification; PSPH, parasphenoid; VOM, vomer. Illustrations by A.C. Gill.