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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of acanthopterygian fishes represented by the genus Lophotes, of the group of Acanthopterygii, having the body ribbon-shaped, with the vent near the end of it, a short anal fin behind the vent, and the dorsal fin as long as the body.

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