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JACKS and fishes with two closely spaced dorsal fins


The first dorsal fin is spiny and the second soft rayed; with a long anal fin or row of finlets behind anal and dorsal fins

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With 3 spines in first dorsal fin, the first spine is much stouter than the others and can be locked in an upright position; with a tiny mouth at the tip of its pointed head; no pelvic fins More than 3 spins in the first dorsal fin, the first spine is not especially stout and cannot be locked upright; mouth not tiny; with pelvic fins

      

 
adapted from Marine Animals of Southern New England and New York by Howard M. Weiss
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