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ONTOGENY AND SYSTEMATICS OF FISHES-AHLSTROM SYMPOSIUM 



Table 19. Pigment and Myomere Characters of Nemichthyidae and Nettastomatidae. 



* = larva unidentified. Refer to Fig. 39. 



+ = All or most species; ( + ) some species only; 



Characters 



Avocel- Lahich- 

 ttna ihys* 



Nemu'h- 

 thys 



Facci- 

 olella 



Neria- Netten- ?Netten- 



sloma chelys chetys 



Hop- Sauren- 



lunnis chelys 



I'ene- 



Axial pigment 



A. Deep on vertebral column 



1. Single spot, or bipartite 



2. Several spots along body 



B. Small spots on top of spinal 

 cord, at least posteriorly 



Head pigment 



C. On snout and lower jaw 



D. Deep behind eye 



Gut pigment 



E. A ventral row of minute 

 spots before stomach 



F. A row of minute spots above 

 gut along its length 



G. A patch of minute spots on 

 liver 



H. A patch of minute spots 



below kidney 

 I. Spots scattered between 



liver and kidney patches 

 J. A regular longitudinal 



series 



(+) 

 (+) 



+ 

 + 



+ 

 + 



+ 

 + 



(+) 

 (+) 



