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Table 3 



Frequency distributions of lateral-line scales and scutes in the Caranx hippos species complex. 



Acknowledgments 



The study would not have been possible without the gen- 

 erous cooperation of the following individuals who vari- 

 ously facilitated loans and access to specimens, helped 

 with literature, provided accommodations and technical 

 assistance during visits, and general encouragement: 

 M. L. Bauchot, the late F. H. Berry, B. Brown, G. H. 

 Burgess, D. Catania, B. B. Collette, W. E. Eschmeyer, 

 P. C. Heemstra, G. Kelly, T. Iwamoto, R. N. Lea, G. 

 Lenglet, J. G. Lundberg, J. Maclaine, J. G. Nielsen, S. 

 G. Poss, P. Pruvost, R. H. Robins, R. H. Rosenblatt, M. 

 H. Sabaj, J. Schratwieser, O. Schultz, D. G. Smith, V. G. 

 Springer, the late P. J. P. Whitehead, H. Wilkens, and 

 J. T. Williams. Color photographs of Caranx spp. were 



provided by P. Afonso, A. Edwards, G. Kelly (IGFA), J. 

 P. Reid, R. N. Lea, M. Lambouf (FAO), L Nicholson, E. 

 Truter, and P. Wirtz. 



We especially thank H. L. Jelks whose expertise with 

 Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator programs greatly im- 

 proved the quality of Figures 2, 8, 11-13, and 15, and 

 S. Reardon for digital photography of Figure 12A. We 

 especially thank P. Sebile for his courtesy, with coop- 

 eration of the International Game Fish Association, in 

 obtaining and sending us the anterior dorsal-fin spines 

 and pterygiophores of a huge (131 cm TL) Caranx hippos 

 from Guinea-Bissau. This material was critical in con- 

 firming our preliminary impression that certain aspects 

 of hyperostosis were consistently different in eastern 

 and western Atlantic populations of this species. 



