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ONTOGENY AND SYSTEMATICS OF FISHES-AHLSTROM SYMPOSIUM 



Table 22. Pigment and Myomere Characters of Xenocongridae. + = All or most species; (+) some species only; 



Refer to Fig. 42. 



larva unidentified. 



Cates- Chtlo- 

 bya rhinus 



CMop- 



Kau- Powell- 

 pichthys ichthys* 



Robin- 



Xeno- 

 conger* 



Uniden- 

 tified* 



I'niden- Uniden- Thalassen- 

 tifted* lifted* chdys 



Lateral pigment 



A. Absent (first pair maxillary and 

 mandibular teeth very large) 



Midlateral pigment present 



B. Irregular double row of minute 

 spots along body 



C. One minute spot per segment 



D. Round groups of minute spots 

 along body 



E. Large spots, widely spaced 



F. Axial spots confined posteriorly 



Pigment elsewhere 



G. W-shaped rows of minute spots on 

 anterior margin of segments 



H. Round groups of minute spots all 

 over body 



Head pigment 

 I. 



(+) 



Scattered spots behind eye and on 



heart 



A row of spots along upper and lower 



jaws 



A patch below iris 



A few spots on snout tip or on 



olfactory organ 



Gut pigment 

 M. Minute spots ventrally before 



stomach and dorsally behind stomach 

 Minute scattered spots dorsally along 

 gut to anus or only postenorly 

 Minute spots below gut 

 Large widely spaced spots 

 Minute spots on liver 

 Round groups of spots on gut 



Other pigment 



S. Spots on anal base or rays 

 Myomeres/vertebrae 



Min. 



Max. 



J. 



K. 

 L. 



N. 



O. 

 P. 



Q. 



R. 



+ 

 (+) + 



+ + 



+ + 



136 98 116 97 

 141 107 5 125 



130 

 136 



ca. 

 157 



142 

 163 



