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            <p> Key to species of the  Embiotocidae</p>
            <p>Note: coloration descriptions refer to liVe or freshly caught specimens.</p>
            <p> 1A Species occurring in East Asia [the western North Pacific; Korea, Japan, China, Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea]. Four species are known from this area:  Neoditrema ransonnetii ,  Ditrema jordani ,  D. temminckii , and  D. viride . The genus  Ditrema was revised by Katafuchi and Nakabo (2007) and included a key to species.  Neoditrema is distinguished from  Ditrema by number of dorsal spines;  Neoditrema VI–VIII vs.  Ditrema IX–XI. </p>
            <p>1B Species occurring in the eastern North Pacific; Alaska to Baja California and Gulf of California ....................... 2</p>
            <p> 2A Dorsal spines XV – XVIII; occurrence in freshwater, rarely brackish water........................  Hysterocarpus traskii</p>
            <p>2B Dorsal spines XII or less; marine, some species estuarine...................................................... 3</p>
            <p> 3A Lips thick and fleshy; center of lower lip with 2 ventral lobes....................................  Rhacochilus toxotes</p>
            <p>3B Lips not especially thick and only moderately fleshy; lower lip lacking ventral lobes................................ 4</p>
            <p> 4A Patch of enlarged scales in area posterior to pectoral fins.......................................  Embiotoca jacksoni</p>
            <p>4B No patch of enlarged scales posterior to pectoral fins.......................................................... 5</p>
            <p>5A Anal fin without a row of scales extending onto the base of anal fin.............................................. 8</p>
            <p>5B Anal fin with a row of scales extending onto the base of anal fin................................................ 6</p>
            <p> 6A Upper lip extending slightly beyond mandible; fins typically dusky, not reddish..................  Amphistichus argenteus</p>
            <p>6B Jaws typically subequal or lower lip slightly projecting; fins reddish including caudal................................ 7</p>
            <p> 7A Dorsal fin spines and soft-rays approximately equal in length; rakers on lower limb of first gill arch 14–18.....................................................................................................  Amphistichus koelzi</p>
            <p> 7B Longest dorsal fin spines noticeably longer that soft-rays; rakers on lower limb of first gill arch 10–14....................................................................................................  Amphistichus rhodoterus</p>
            <p>8A Lower lip without a frenum.............................................................................. 9</p>
            <p>8B Lower lip with frenum present.......................................................................... 12</p>
            <p> 9A Conspicuous black spot on spinous part of dorsal fin and anterior portion of anal fin................  Hypocritichthys analis</p>
            <p>9B No conspicuous spot on dorsal or anal fin................................................................. 10</p>
            <p> 10A Body elongate; total length 3 times greatest body depth; body tinged with yellow, scales with black flecking...............................................................................................  Cymatogaster aggregata</p>
            <p>10B Body ovoid; total length less than 3 times body depth; body silvery, scales without black flecking..................... 11</p>
            <p> 11A Pelvic fins with black tips; 20–23 rakers on lower limb or first gill arch......................  Hyperprosopon argenteum</p>
            <p> 11B Pelvic fins without black tips; 15–19 rakers on lower limb of gill arch........................  Hyperprosopon ellipticum</p>
            <p> 12A Body uniformly pinkish; last anal soft-ray thread-like..........................................  Zalembius rosaceus</p>
            <p>12B Body coloration not as above; last anal soft ray normal, not elongated........................................... 13</p>
            <p>13A Body without stripes.................................................................................. 15</p>
            <p>13B Body with blue, red, and/or yellow stripes................................................................. 14</p>
            <p> 14A Profile of abdomen essentially straight; snout extending beyond lower jaw; anal fin base shorter than distance from pelvic base to anal fin origin..........................................................................  Embiotoca caryi</p>
            <p> 14B Profile of abdomen convex; jaws subequal, terminal; anal fin base longer than distance from pelvic base to anal fin origin.........................................................................................  Embiotoca lateralis</p>
            <p>15A Anal fin base longer than distance from base of last anal soft-ray to end of scales on midcaudal ray; caudal fin deeply forked.................................................................................................... 18</p>
            <p>15B Anal fin base shorter than distance from base of last anal soft-ray to end of scales on midcaudal ray; caudal fin only slightly forked............................................................................................. 16</p>
            <p> 16A Lower jaw slightly projecting; axilla of pectoral fin with no black marking........................  Brachyistius frenatus</p>
            <p>16B Jaws subequal; axilla of pectoral fin with a jet-black blotch................................................... 17</p>
            <p> 17A Ventral portion of body with a series of continuous stripes; dorsal soft-rays 12–16; body depth 2.0–2.4 into standard length .....................................................................................  Micrometrus minimus</p>
            <p> 17B Ventral portion of body with a series of half rings on scales; dorsal soft-rays 15–19; body depth 2.4–2.8 into standard length.......................................................................................  Micrometrus aurora</p>
            <p> 18A Longest dorsal soft-ray approximately twice as long (1.6–3.0) as longest dorsal spine; 8–9 scales between first dorsal spine and lateral line.............................................................................  Phanerodon vacca</p>
            <p>18B Longest dorsal soft-ray only slightly longer (1.0–1.4) than longest dorsal spine; 4–7 scales between first dorsal spine and lateral line............................................................................................ 19</p>
            <p> 19A Pelvic fins white (rarely with faint dusky speckling at tips); no reddish speckling on scales on upper body....................................................................................................  Phanerodon furcatus</p>
            <p> 19B Pelvic fins with black tips; scales on upper part of body with reddish speckling......................  Phanerodon atripes</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AB87E3FFDCC9679ADDFF2327E51F3D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Longo, Gary C.;Bernardi, Giacomo;Lea, Robert N.	Longo, Gary C., Bernardi, Giacomo, Lea, Robert N. (2018): Taxonomic revisions within Embiotocidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) based on molecular phylogenetics. Zootaxa 4482 (3): 591-596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.10
