558 



ONTOGENY AND SYSTEMATICS OF FISHES-AHLSTROM SYMPOSIUM 



Table 137. Summary of Pigmentatton (Melanin Only) of Larval Trachinoid Fishes. Key: +, present; 0, absent; J, increasing with devel- 

 opment; 1, decreasing with development; 0-+, initially unpigmented, becommg pigmented with development; An. anterior; Po. posterior. 



' Larvae unknown 



Table 138. Selected Meristics of Trachinoid Fishes. 



Family 



Dorsal fin 



Pectoral 

 fin 



Pelvic 

 fin 



Pnmary 

 caudal 

 fin rays 



Trichodontidae X-XVI + O-I, 13-19 



Champsodontidae V + I, 1 8-22 



Chiasmodontidae VI-XIII + 18-28 0-1,17-28 10-15 1,5 



17 



33-44 



Marliave, 1981; NWAFC, 

 unpubl. 



de Beaufort and Chap- 

 man, 1951; Matsubara 

 et al., 1964; Milo, 1962d 



Johnson and Cohen. 

 1974; Lavenberg, pers. 

 comm.; Norman, 

 1929 



