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Figure 16. — Anteriormost anal fin pterygiophore with secondarily and serially associated rays from a 230 mm SL Coryphaena 

 equiselis. Left: left lateral view; right: anterior view, serially associated ray has been moved to the left of the proximal 

 radial. » Symbols: D, distal radial of serially associated ray; P, proximal radial; Rj, secondarily associated ray; R, serially 

 associated ray. 



associated with the anteriormost anal pterygio- 

 phore (Table 7). In both species either one, two, or 

 three rays were associated with the first pterygio- 

 phore. In both species the anteriormost distal 

 radial (which was either between the base of the 



first or second anal fin ray) was a single piece of 

 bone (Figure 16). The second distal radial (which 

 was either between the base of the second or third 

 anal fin ray) consisted of two pieces of bone, as 

 shown for the dorsal pterygiophores in Figures 7 



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