Fish Skeleton
Nomenclature

 

 

A = Angular
B = Basipterigium
BH = Basihyal
BR = Branchiostegal Ray
C = Cleithrum
CC = Coracoid
CH = Ceratohyal
D = Dentary
E = Ectopterygoid
EH = Epihyal
H = Hyomandibular
HH = Hypohyal
I = Interhyal


IO = Interopercle
L = Lachtymal
M = Maxilla
MES = Mesopterygois
MET = Metapterygoid
N = NAsal
O = Opercle
PA = Palantine
PC = Postcleithrum
PM = Premaxilla
PO = Preopercle
PR = Pectoral Ray


PT = Posttemporal
Q = Quadrate
R = RAdial
RA = Retroarticular
S = Scapula
SC = Supracleithrum
SOB = Suborbital
SOP = Subopecle
ST = Supratemporal
SY = Symplectic
UH = Urohyal
VS = VEntra Spine


By Debbi Yee Cannon, Marine Fish Osteology, A Manual for Archaeologists. 1987.