I count 6 spines on the dorsal fin of Cecil's fish - but see what you mean. I stop counting when they reach the apex of the dorsal fin. I count all others as spines...some fish there are "tweener" spines, it seems.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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