Table 81. 



Summary of Osteological Characters of the Median Fins in Pretransformation Larvae of Representatives of the Genera 



OF THE Family Gadidae. 



Relative dislance between 

 dorsal fins one and two 



Relative distance between 

 dorsal fins two and three 



Relative distance between 



postenormost dorsal and 



caudal fin 



Number 



of anal Relative distance between 



fins anal fins one and two 



Lotinae 

 Brosme brosme 



Molva dipten'gia 

 Lota lota' 



Phycinae 



Enchelyopus cimbrius 



Gaidropsarus sp. 



Phycis blennoides' 



Urophycis sp. 

 Ciliala muslella 



Raniceps raninus 



Gadinae 



Tnsopterus luscus 



Merlangius merlangus 



Pollachius virens 



Melanogra mmiis 

 aeglefinus 



Gadus macrocephatus 



Gadiculus argenteus 



Microgadus proximus 



Eleginus gracilis 



Boregadus saida 



Arclogadus borisovi' 



Theragra 

 chalcogramma 



Micromesislius 

 poutassou 



Very close, about '/, in- 

 temeural space; no in- 

 temeural bones 



Very close, about '/, in- 

 teraeural space; 1 or 

 intemeural bones 



Wide, about 2 inter- 

 neural spaces; no in- 

 temeural bones 



Very close, about 'A in- 

 temeural space; no in- 

 temeural bones 



Very close, about '/j in- 

 temeural space; 1 in- 

 temeural bone 



Nearly continuous; I in- 

 temeural bone 



Very close, about '/, in- 

 temeural space; I in- 

 temeural bone 



Close, about 1 inter- 

 neural space; I re- 

 duced intemeural 

 bone 



Close. '/;-l intemeural 

 space; or 1 inter- 

 neural bones 



Close, usually '/,-l inter- 

 neural space; 2 inter- 

 neural bones 



Close, about 'A inter- 

 neural space; no inter- 

 neural bones 



Close, about '/, inter- 

 neural space; 0-2 in- 

 temeural bones 



Close, about '/, inter- 

 neural space; or 1 

 intemeural bones 



Moderately wide, about 

 I intemeural space; 

 no intemeural bones 



Close, about '/, inter- 

 neural space; or I 

 intemeural bones 



Moderately wide, about 

 I '/, intemeural spaces; 



or 1 intemeural 

 bones 



Wide, about 2 inter- 

 neural spaces; or I 

 intemeural bones 



Wide, about 2'/, inter- 

 neural spaces; no in- 

 temeural bones 



Moderately wide, about 



1 Vj intemeural spaces; 

 or I intemeural 

 bones 



Wide, about 2 inter- 

 neural spaces; no in- 

 temeural bones 



Very close together, 0-2 

 intemeural bones 



Close together. 2-4 in- 

 temeural bones 



Close together, 3-4 in- 

 temeural bones 



Close together, 2-3 in- 

 temeural bones 



Close together, 2-3 in- 

 temeural bones 



Moderately wide, about 

 5-6 intemeural bones 



Moderately wide, 4-7 

 intemeural bones 



Moderately wide, 5-7 

 intemeural bones 



Wide, 6-7 intemeural 

 bones 



Wide, 5-8 intemeural 

 bones 



Wide. 7-9 intemeural 

 bones 



Very wide, 20-2 1 inter- 

 neural bones 



Close, about 1 inter- 

 neural space 



Close, about I 'A inter- 

 neural spaces 



Close, about 1 inter- 

 neural space 



Close, about 1 inter- 

 neural space 



Close, about 1 inter- 

 neural space 



Close, about I inter- 

 neural space 



Close, about 1 inter- 

 neural space 



Close, about 1 inter- 

 neural space 



Close, about 1 inter- 

 neural space 



Wide, 2-2 'A intemeural 

 spaces 



Wide. 2-2', intemeural 

 spaces 



Wide, about 2 inter- 

 neural spaces 



Wide, about 2 inter- 

 neural spaces 



Wide, about 3 inter- 

 neural spaces 



Close, about 1 'A inter- 

 neural spaces 



Wide, about 3-3'/2 inter- 

 neural spaces 



Wide, about 3 inter- 

 neural spaces 



Wide, about 3 inter- 

 neural spaces 



Wide, about 4 inter- 

 neural spaces 



Wide, about 3-3'/, inter- 

 neural spaces 



Wide, about 2'/, inter- 

 neural spaces 



Very close, from 0-2 

 intemeural bones 



Very close, from 0-2 

 intemeural bones 



Close, from 2-3 inter- 

 neural bones 



Close, usually 2 inter- 

 neural bones 



Moderately wide, 4 or 

 5 intemeural bones 



Moderately wide, 4 or 

 5 intemeural bones 



Moderately wide, about 

 4 intemeural bones 



Wide, 6 or 7 intemeu- 

 ral bones 



Wide. 5-7 intemeural 

 bones 



Wide, 5 or 6 intemeu- 

 ral bones 



Wide, 4-6 intemeural 

 bones 



2 Very close, 1 intemeu- 

 ral bone 



' Juvenile specimens only examined. 



