Table 1. — Meristic characters of some marine fishes of the western North Atlantic Ocean. — Continued. 



STmANTDAF 



Anthiapicus Icptus 

 Centroprlstis ocyurus 

 Ce ntroprlptis rihiladelphica 

 Centropristis gtriata 

 Cephalopholls fulva 

 Choi'i;tiFtiiir. eukrines 

 Dermatolepis inermis 

 Diplectrum bivittatuin 

 Diplectrum formosum 

 Ddplcctrujn radiale 

 Fpinephplur d nmnncndhayi 

 Epinephelus flavolimViatus 

 Fpinophelus guttatus 

 Fpinephelus irystacinus 

 Epinephelus ni^ritls 

 Epinephelus niveatus 

 Fpinephelus striatus 

 Hemianthias 'ivanu s 

 Hycteroperra bonaci 

 Mycteroperca falcata 

 Wycteroperca interstltialis 

 Mycteroperca microlepis 

 Mycteroperca pbenax 

 Mycteroperca venenosa 

 Ocyanthias martinlcensis 

 Paranthias fu rc ifer 

 Petrometoi''on cn-entatum 

 Fikea cubensis 

 Pronofot-'ranaTais aureombens 

 Schiiltzea IfTa 

 Serraniculus pumil io 



S err anus 

 SerraniJi 



annularis 

 atrobranchus 



^ err anus chionaraia 



S err anus maytapi 



S err anus notospi lus 



Serran\:r phorbe 



S err anus subligariua 



Scrranus tabacarius 



SerranuE tortugarum 



SULFIDAE 



AchlruE infcrlptus 



Achirus lineatus 

 Gymnachirus mela s 

 T rinectes maciilatus 



SFAF I DAE 



Archosargus probatocephalus 

 Archosargus rhomb oidalle 

 piplodus holbrooki 

 Lagodon rhomboides 

 PagruB sedecim 

 St eno tonus caprlnus 

 Stgnotomus crysops 



SPHRA'^'IDA-^' 



Sphyraena borealls 

 Sphyraena guachancho 

 S phyraena picu'h\lT ' 



stk:phanob^ycidaf 



Stephanoberyx monae 



ST^lNOPT^iTCHIDAF 



Argyropelecus aculeatua 

 Argyropelecus aJTlnis 

 Argyropelecus gigas 

 A r_ g y Topelecu8 henilgyinus 

 PolyifnuE a?ti?roide3 

 Polyipnus laternatus 

 Stemoptyx diaphana 



STROKAT'^IDAF 



Cubic eps melanus 

 Cubiceps nlf^riargenteus 

 Homeus ^ronovii 

 Peprilus alepid od u a 

 Peprilus paru 

 Poronotus trl acanthus 

 Psenes cyanophrya 

 Psenes pacificus 

 Psenes rep;ijlu3 

 Tetragonurus atlantleus 



STYLFPHORIDAE 



Stylephorus chorda tus 



SYNGNATHIDAJ: 



Hippocampus erectus 

 MlcrogpathUB crinlgerus 

 S yngnathus dunckerl 



Syngnathus elucens 

 Syngi'iathug floridae 

 Syngnathus fuFCus 

 Syngnathue louigjanae 

 Syngnathus rr^ckayl 

 Syngnathus pelagicus 

 Syngnathus scovelli " 

 Syngnathus springerl 



16 

 11. 



11. 

 11. 

 11. 

 li. 

 11. 

 11. 

 Ill 

 11. 

 11. 

 11. 

 11. 

 lU 

 11. 

 11. 

 11. 

 16 

 11. 

 li. 

 11. 

 lU 

 11. 

 11. 

 16 

 11. 

 11. 

 U. 

 16 

 11. 

 li. 

 lU 

 11. 

 U. 

 11. 

 11. 

 lit 

 11. 

 11. 

 11. 



18-19 



19 



26-27 



19-20 



11. 

 11. 

 11. 

 11. 

 11. 



u 

 11. 



12 

 12 

 12 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 9 

 8 

 11 

 10 

 9-10 

 10 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 10 



u 

 11 



9-10 

 U 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 11 

 10 

 9 

 9 



e 



10 

 10 

 9-10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



12 

 13 

 12-13 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



li. 

 11 

 11 

 11 



IS 

 12 

 19 

 1? 

 12 

 12 

 16 

 11. 

 16 

 11. 



m 



13-11. 

 17 



13-11. 

 17 

 17 

 16 



16-17 



16-17 

 16 

 15 



18-19 

 11. 

 13 

 15 



11-12 

 U 

 12 



11-12 



U-12 



11-12 

 12 

 12 



13-11. 

 12 

 12 



51.-56 

 53-58 

 60-70 

 51-55 



10-12 



10-11 



lU-lS 



11 



10 

 12 

 12 



9 



7-9 



9 



11.-15 



11.-15 



9-11 



15-16 

 IS 



27-26 

 lli.4.6 

 1.3 

 U-1.7 

 25-26 

 25-28 

 11.-15 

 9 



12-U. 



8 



7-9 



8 



9 



6 



7 



10-11 



10-11 



8-9 



10-U 



8-9 



9-10 



7-6 



9 



11-13 



IC 



10 



10 



9-10 



9-10 



10 



9 



11 



6 



8-9 



9 



9-10 



7-6 



7-8 



6-9 



7 



10 



10-U 



9-10 



7 



8-9 



7 

 7-8 

 6 

 7-10 

 9-10 

 7-8 

 8-10 



5-6 



6-7 

 7 



7-8 



9-10 



9-10 



9 



5 



6 



7-8 



6 



7-8 



9-12 



10 



10 

 10 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



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