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Etymology: Symphysodon, from the Greek symphysis [grown together], odous/odon [tooth], referring to the few teeth situated where the two jaw halves meet.
Upper jaw and 4th ceratobranchial toothless; lower jaw with few conical teeth in pocket or depression near symphysis. Snout tip acutely pointed in lateral view, with tip separated from the rest of the snout by distinct notch.
 See also: Anal, Water, Pectoral, Lateral, Dorsal
  
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