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Table 72. Meristic Characters in Gadiformes. (See Table 75 for characters of the Macrouridae.) Characters of the caudal fin are contained 

 in Table 76. "Number of species" includes number of nominal species followed by number surveyed for meristic characters. Primary sources of 

 data: Gunther, 1887; Goode and Bean, 1896; Ehrenbaum, 1905-1909; Thompson, 1916; Norman, 1930; D'Ancona, 1933a; Parr, 1946; Jensen, 

 1948; Svetovidov, 1948; Koefoed, 1953; Andriyashev, 1954; Rass, 1954; Smith, 1961; Scott, 1962; Lmdberg and Legeza, 1969; Leim and Scott! 

 1966; Templeman, 1968; Fitch and Barker, 1972; Miller and Lea, 1972; Hart, 1973; Inada and Nakamura, 1975; Brownell, 1979; Cohen, 1979; 

 Cohen and Russo, 1979; Inada, 1981a; Inada, 1981b; Matarese et al., 1981; Yabe et al., 1981; Demir, 1982; Markle, 1982; Fahay, 1983; Paulin, 

 1983. 



Muraenolepididae 



Muraenolepis 4 + /1 20-21 46-49 67-69 



Bregmacerotidae 



Bregmaceros 9 + /7 13-14 32-42 43-59 



127-141 



34-65 



129-142 98-112 98-112 4 37-38 



35-66 42-69 42-69 5-7' 16-21 

 or 

 15-21 27-31 



