Figure 27 in Comparative osteology and phylogenetic systematics of fossil and living bony-tongue fishes (Actinopterygii, Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha)

Figure 27. Skulls of †Phareodus in lateral view. A, †Phareodus encaustus (UMA F10155; 480 mm SL). B, †Phareodus testis (UMA F11332, 260 mm SL). Note that there is not much difference in the shape of the preopercle between these two species (see Characters Not Used in Analysis). Also note that the subopercle, although not quite as reduced as in other taxa (e.g. Osteoglossum), is relatively small and is positioned along the anteroventral margin of the opercle. The specimen of †P. encaustus (UMA F10155) is the same as the one labelled as LG 6.1 by Grande (1984: fig. II.31). Anterior facing left.