| 1. Total Length | 2. Fork Length |
| 3. Standard Length | 4. Head Length |
| 5. Snout Length | 6. Caudal peduncle (where the body attaches to the tail) |
| 7. Fin rays, spinous (unsegmented) and soft (segmented) | 8. First (spinous) dorsal fin |
| 9. Second (soft) dorsal fin | 10. Pectoral fin |
| 11. Pelvic (ventral) fin | 12. Anal fin |
| 13. Finlet | 14. Caudal (tail) fin |
| 15. Lateral line | 16. Scutes (bone-like projections |
| 17. Opercle (gill cover) | 18. Preopercle (cheek) |
| 19. Interopercle | 20. Adipose eyelid |
| 21. Supramaxilla (rear portion of upper jaw bone) | 22. Premaxilla (forward portion of upper jaw bone) |
![Fish Identification Diagram [ Sketch ]](../images/WildlifeHabitats/saltwater_diagram.gif)
