鳃骨（visceral skeleton）亦称脏骨。是发生在鳃弓中的骨骼，构成所谓咽颅，在低等脊椎动物中虽然终生是软骨的，但到硬骨鱼以上前部发生骨化，并且变形分化，形成颅骨。
舒宾写道：“结论不可避免：构成爬行类颚部一部分的鳃弓，同样也构成了哺乳类的耳骨。”
Shubin writes: "the conclusion was inescapable: the same gill arch that formed part of the jaw of a reptile formed ear bones in mammals."
前鳃盖骨后缘下角出现2个扩大且尖锐的棘，是鉴别黄鲷仔鱼的标志之一。
The appearance of 2 large and sharp spines at lower angle of external edge of the preopercle is also the symbol of the larval Dentex tumifrons.
该种以具有长椭圆形的鳃盖骨、躯干部披6列鳞片为特征与其他种区别。
The new species differs from other species of this genus in long and elliptical opercular and the presence of 6 rows of trunk scales.
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