Table 21. Numbers of Gill Rakers for Diaphus mollis from the Pacific Ocean, for 

 Forms A, B, C, and D of the D. fulgens Species Complex in the Eastern and 

 Central Pacific and for Forms R-1, R-2, and R-3 of the D. rafinesquii 

 Secies Complex in the North-Central and Northwestern Pacific Ocean 



Species or complex 



Upper rakers 



D. mollis 

 D. fulgens 



species complex 



Form A 



FormB 



FormC 



Form D 

 D. rafinesquii 

 species complex 



Form R-1 



Form R-2 



Form R-3 



31 

 16 



47 



24 



11 



61 



D. mollis 

 D. fulgens 



species complex 



Form A 



Form B 



FormC 



FormD 

 D. rafinesquii 

 species complex 



Form R-1 



Form R-2 



Form R-3 



10 



Lower rakers (including central raker) 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



31 



21 



27 



D. mollis 

 D. fulgens 



species complex 



Form A 



FormB 



FormC 



FormD 



13 



14 



2 

 13 



15 



27 

 2 



Total rakers 



16 



17 



19 



20 



21 



22 



12 



28 



26 



28 



27 



D. rafinesquii 



species complex 



Form R-1 



Form R-2 



Form R-3 



22 



23 



24 



Total rakers 



25 



26 



27 



126 



