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



FAMTLT 



Genua, species 



Size 

 range 

 SL 



Speci- 

 mens 

 cxam- 



Caudal 



DORSAL FIN 



Spines 



Rays 



ANAL FIN 



Spines 



Rays 



CAUDAL FIN 



Dorsal I Dorsal ] Ventral 1 Ventral 



secondary primary prijaary secondary 



rays rays rays rays 



SYNODONTIDA? 



Saurida braslllensle 

 Saurida caribbaea 

 Saurida ncnriani 

 Saurida Fuspic lo 



Synodug foettns 

 S ynodus interFiedius 

 Synodus poeyl 

 Synodus 5 _aur u 3 

 Synodus syriocius 

 Trachijiocephalus inyopa 



TETRAOtONTIDAE 



Canthigaater rostrata 

 Lagocephalus laevipatus 

 S phoeroides cutaneus 

 Sphoeroides dorsalis 

 Sphoeroides naculatus 

 Sphoeroides nephelus 

 Sphoeroides sp&ngler i 

 Sphoeroides testudineua 



IRACHICHTHYIDAE 



Hoplostethua medlterraneus 



TniACANTHODTDAF 



Hollardia hollardla 

 Parahollardia schmidti 



TRTCFTUPIDAF 



Benthod esmus sltnonyl 

 Ben.hodesmus tenuis 

 Trichiurus lepturus 



TP.ICLIDAE 



Bellator brachychir 

 Bellator egrctta 

 Bellator milltaris 



Bellator 



ri beirol 

 iaia tus" 



Prionotug b eei 

 Prionotus carollnus 

 Prionoti-B evolai is 

 Prionotus ophryas 

 FrlonotuF paralatus 

 Prionotus pect oralis 

 Prio notus pun eta tus 

 Prionotus ro^pus 

 P rionotus rubjo 

 F Vionotus scitulus 

 Prionotus g t earnsl 

 Prionotus tr'ilrulus 

 PeristpdTor. antillarum 

 Perlstedlon brevirosTre 

 Peri=tedlon ecuadorensis 

 Perlstedlon gracile 

 Perlstedlon grt^yae 

 Perlstedion imbpr^e 



75-86 



71-90 

 51-60 



590 

 U30-I.65 

 310-380 



55-63 



9I1-IO6 



61-92 



30-59 



81-130 



72-133 



172-168 



113-157 



96-137 



99-116 



157-225 



97-153 



II3-II1; 



U 7-173 



79-172 



96-113 



90-193 



92-120 



92-96 



I27-II12 



110-130 



87-105 



107-135 



122-135 



ue-u.e 

 73-91. 



115-133 

 136-153 



230 

 80-110 

 83-125 

 65-U7 

 62-118 



53-170 



26 



20 

 20 



157 



127-132 

 169-173 



26 



26 



25-26 



26 



26 



26 



26 



26 



26-27 



26 



26-27 



26 



26 



26 



26 



26 



26 



31 



32 



33-35 



31.-35 



31.-35 



31.-35 



32-33 



33 



31-33 



33-3U 



33 



25 

 25 

 28 

 25 

 26 



39-1.0 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



U 

 11 



11 

 10 

 11 



9 



11 



10 



9 



11 



11-12 



9-10 



10 



12 



12 



130-131. 



16 

 16 



15-16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 



16-17 

 16 



16-17 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 22 

 23 



2a-26 



25-26 

 25-26 

 25-26 

 23-2U 



2U 

 22-21. 

 21. -25 



21. 



11. 

 11. 

 17 

 15 



15 



11 

 11-12 

 11-12 

 10-11 

 11-12 

 12-13 

 10-11 

 12-13 

 12-13 

 11-13 



9 



11.-15 



9 



13 

 13 -U. 

 12-11. 

 1I.-15 

 lL-15 



9-10 

 lO-U 

 U-U 



9-10 

 U-12 

 10-U 

 10-12 

 13-lU 

 12-11. 

 13 



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