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Salmonidae:1aDorsum vermiculated (having a worm-like pattern), side having pale spots, dark spots absent; shaft of vomer (elongate posterior portion) lacking teeth (Figure 52 B) Salvelinus fontinalis
Salmonidae:1bDorsum and side dark-spotted, pale spots absent; shaft of vomer having 1-2 rows of teeth (Figure 52 A) Salmonidae:2
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Figure 52 [Copyright: American Fisheries Society]
Figure 52: Vomerine teeth: (A) Salmo trutta and Oncorrhynchus mykiss. (B) Salvelinus fontinalis (redrawn from McPhail and Lindsey 1970).
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