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postorbital

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post·or·bit·al (pst-ôrb-tl)
adj.
Situated behind the socket of the eye.


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Body plain medium brown with a white-yellow patch on postorbital and white margins on median fins; pterygoid teeth present; lateral-line pores before anus 54-59; total vertebrae 173-176 (Philippines and Indonesia) .
Loosely grouped melanophores were present in postorbital and suborbital regions, upper and lower jaws, on the cheek, operculum, chin, and isthmus.
An indication of specimen size is primarily provided by the postorbital carapace length (PCL), measured from the level of the posterior margin of the orbit to the midpoint of the posterodorsal margin.
 
 
 
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