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Table 74. Developmental Characters in Gadiform Families and Gadid and Merlucciid Subfamilies. 



# anal fins (externally) 2 



First fin to form rays 



# pelvic rays 

 Pelvic fin elongate? 

 Pectoral ray formation 



Body shape 



# vertebrae 



Egg diameter (mm) 

 Chorion 



# oil globules 

 Miscellaneous 



Caudal (pelvic 



last) 

 6-7 

 No 

 Late 



Moderately 

 elongate 



39-64 



1.0-1.9 



Smooth 



None 



Barbel forms on 

 lower jaw dur- 

 ing/after juve- 

 nile stage 



tion 

 1 (divided by 1 

 midsection) 



Caudal (pelvic 



7 



Moderately 



Late 



Elongate 



48-58 

 0.8-1.2 

 Smooth 

 1 



Fig. 138. (A) Muracnolepis sp., 32.5 mm SL, British Antarctic Survey, 53°48.7'S, 38°18.7'W. (B) Melanonus sp., 30.6 mm SL, MCZ 58619, 

 35°19'S, 07°30'E. (C) Svewvidovia. 13.0 mm NL, Fahay, 1983. (D) Svetovidovia, 44.4 mm SL, HML H6901, 38°49.5'N, 54"'18.0'W. (E) 

 "Svelovidovia." 44.1 mm SL, HML H9455, 43°21.94'N, 60°32.34'W. 



