Fishes of the Western North Atlantic 



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Mouth: breadth 8.1, 7.7; height 3.5, 3.3. 



Nostrils: distance between inner ends 2.8, 2.8. 



Labial furrow length : upper 1.5, 1.75 lower 1.5, 1.8. 



Gill Of ening lengths: ist 1.8, 1.4; 2nd 1.5, 1.35 3rd 1.2, 1.25 4th r.o, i.i; 5th 



I.O, I.I. 



First dorsal fin: vertical height 3.9, 4.2; length of base 6.4, 5.3. 



Second dorsal fin: vertical height 3.7, 4.O} length of base 5.9, 5.2. 



Anal fin: vertical height 3.5, 3.5; length of base 13.5, 11.4. 



Caudal fin: upper margin 30.2, 29.2; lower anterior margin 11.5, 10.2. 



Pectoral fin: outer ma.rgm 12.2, 10.8; inner margin 6.5, 5.9; distal margin 9.3, 9.0. 



Distance from snout to: ist dorsal 43.3, 45.7; 2nd dorsal 59.7, 64.O; upper caudal 



69.8,72.8; pectoral 16.8, 19. i; pelvics 37.7, 37.7; anal 51.5, 56.0. 



Interspace between: ist and 2nd dorsals 12.2, 13.O; 2nd dorsal and caudal 3.2, 



3.7; anal and caudal 4.0, 4.6. 



Distance from origin to origin of : pectoral a.ndpelv\cs 19. i, 18.6; pelvics and anal 



14.7, 19.4. 



Figure 37. Galetis arae. Dermal denticles from dor- 

 sal margin of caudal. A From above. B From side, 

 about 17 X. 



Trunk slender, its breadth opposite pectorals about ^Aoj and its height about Vi2> of 

 total length. Body sector to cloaca considerably shorter than tail sector. Dermal denticles 



