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Appendix Table 1.— Frequency distributions of caudal vertebral counts for 

 western North Atlantic species of Citharichthys and Etropus. 



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Species 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 W X 



C. abbotli 19 96 9 124 21 92 



C. arenaceus 3 38 8 49 22 10 



C. gymnorhmus 9 27 36 23 75 



C. spilopterus 23 109 8 140 23 89 



E. rimosus 3 50 53 5 m 24.54 



E. microstomus 51 61 2 114 24 57 



C. macrops 27 46 73 24.63 



E. crossotus 1 69 15 85 25.16 



C. cornutus 15 29 44 25 66 



C. amblybregmatus 5 16 21 25.76 



C. arctifrons 5 34 3 42 26.95 



C. dinoceros ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 



'Compiled from Gutherz 1967; Dawson 1969; Gutherz and Blackman 1970; Leslie 1977; S L. 

 Richardson, Research Assistant Professor, School of Oceanography, Oregon State Univer- 

 sity, Corvallis, OR 97331, pers. commun December 1976 (unpubl. data for E microstomus 

 and C. arctifrons), and original data for larvae, juveniles, and adults of C gymnorhinus, C 

 spilopterus, C macrops, E, crossotus, and C. cornutus. 



2 Extremes of counts. 



Appendix Table 2.-Frequency distributions of anal fin ray counts for western North Atlantic species of Citharichthys and Etropus. 1 



Species 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 ~ 68 69 70~ 



C. arenaceus ( 2 ) 1 11 8 14 9 3 



E. microstomus ( 2 ) 1 12 8 14 22 32 31 23 15 6 5 ( 2 ) 



C. gymnorhinus 2 4339 13 6 10 32 



C. abbotti 1 5 13 37 35 22 14 4 1 



E. rimosus 1 5 5 17 25 42 57 57 38 41 16 6 1 



C. spilopterus ( 2 ) 15 24 30 41 26 11 4 ( 2 ) 



C. macrops 116 2 5 17 16 13 



E. crossotus 1 1 , 6 10 12 



C. arctifrons ( 2 j 117 6 



C. cornutus ( 2 ) 3 2 7 4 



C. amblybregmatus 1 3 2 3 1 q 



C. dinoceros 



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10 12 13 13 3 ( 2 ) 



10 23 16 8 6 



6 3 11 



n ( 2 > 



'Compiled from Gutherz 1967; Dawson 1969; Gutherz and Blackman 1970; Topp and Hoff 1972' Leslie 1977 9 l Rirharrt^n n OM „^ « . . r> < 

 Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis. OR 97331, pers commun December 1976 (unpubl date for C arcWmn^d^Zt^lf^ Pro essor ' Sch°°' 

 C gymnorhinus. C spilopterus. C. macrops, E. crossotus. and C. cornutus lunpuDi aata tor c. arctifrons), and original data for juveniles and adults of 



Extremes of counts, not included in totals. 



Appendix Table 3,-Freguency distributions of dorsal fin ray counts for western North Atlantic species of Citharichthys and Etropus.* 



s P ecies 67 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 90 95 



Extremes of counts, not included in totals 



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