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Table 3 



Meristies in finescale menhaden, Brevoortia gunteri, (37 specimens) and in gulf menhaden. B. patronus, (48 specimens). Median 

 values are given in parentheses. 



1 B. patronus larva SL = 11.7 mm. 



2 B. patronus fully transformed individual SL = 40.4 mm. 



3 Postdorsal and preanal myomere counts in larvae 10-15 mm SL (Ditty et al., 1994) 



