Fish Bones

Mandibular Arch

The upper jaw of the fish, Made up of the premaxillary and maxilary bone

Lower jaw

Made up of the dentary and articular

Palatine arch

Made up of the -ptergoid and he palatine series of bones; Located below the neurocranium

Hyroid Arch

Made up of the hyomandibular, quadrate, and symplectic; supports and stabilized the jaws; located between the

Hyoid Complex

Made up of the Basihyl, certohyals, epihyals, interhyal, and the brachisotgal rays; supports the floor of the mouth

Opicular series

Made up of the Opercle, Subopercle,Preopercle, and interopercle; Forms the gill cover

Branchial arch

Made up of the -brachial series; Located behind the hyroid arch; supports the gills

Pectoral girdle

Supports the pectoral fins; Made up of the -temporal, -cleithrum, and bones of the pectoral fin;

Pelvic girdle

Support the pelvic fin; made up of the Basipterygia; not connected to skull

2

opercle

3

subopercle

4

preopercle

5

hyomandibula

6

metaptergoid

7

mesoptergoid

8

ectoptergoid

9

palatine

10

dentary

11

Articular

12

quadrate

13

sympletic

14

interhyal

15

interopercle

1

gill rakes

2

basilbrachia;

3

hypobranchial

4

ceratobrachial

5

epibranchial

6

pharyngobrachial

7

tooth plate

1

Vomer

2

Pterosphenoid

3

Basiooccipital

4

Frontal

5

Lateral Ethmoid

6

parietal

7

exoccipital

8

pterotic

9

Supraoccipital w/ crest

10

ethmoid

1

Vomer

2

Mesethmoid

3

lateral ethmoid

4

Parietal

5

frontal

6

exoccipital

7

supraocciptal

8

pterotic

1

Ceratohyal

2

epihyal

3

interhyal

4

brachiostegal rays

5

hypohyals

1

Scapula

2

coracoid

3

Radial

1

clethium

2

Supraclethium