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Fig. 202. (A) Mirapinna esau. holotype. 39.5 mm SL; (B) Paralaeniophorus brevis. 29 mm SL; and (C) Parataemophorus brevis. holotype, 

 13.5 mm SL. A and C from Bertelsen and Marshall (1956), B drawn by Kai L. Elsman. 



the myosepta. Density of pigment is greater on the caudal 

 streamer and the caudal fin rays at the base, the fully developed 

 streamer has a median longitudinal band of pigment and a nearly 

 black ventral border. The two species of Parataemophorus differ 

 in pigmentation from Emaeniaphorus feslivus in having a distal 

 patch of pigment on each pelvic fin. No other distinguishing 

 characters in pigmentation have been found. 



Relationship.s 



Reference to Bertelsen and Marshall ( 1 956), Myers and Frei- 

 hofer (1966) and Goodyear (1970) shows that both the mira- 

 pinnatoid and megalomycteroid fishes have the following com- 

 mon features; ( 1 ) they are small, elongated fishes with a relatively 

 small head and mouth; (2) the suspensoria are inclined forwards 

 and there is a single supramaxilla in the upper jaw; (3) they have 



