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TABLE S-— Geographic variation of anal and soft pectoral rays in Noturus 

 funebris and Noturus phaeus 



Drainage 



No. of Anal Rays 



18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 



Total 



Mean 



/v. phaeus 

 Forked Deer River 

 Hatchie River 

 Loosahatohie River 

 Wolf River 

 Yazoo River 

 Ouachita River 

 Little River 

 Red River and Bayou 



Teche 

 Homochitto River 

 Beaver Creek 



Total 



A', funebris 

 Pearl River 

 Wolf River 

 Biloxi Bay 

 Pascagoula Bay 

 Chickasaw Creek 

 Tombigbee River 

 Tallapoosa River 

 Perdido River 

 Escambia County 



and River 

 Blackwater River 

 Yellow River 

 Alaqua Creek 

 Econfina Creek 



Total 



- - 7 10 11 2 1 - 



- - 4 6 1 - - - 



- 1 5 2 1 - - - 



- - - 1 . - . . 



1 9 31 32 12 4 - - 



- - - 12-11 



- 1 18 50 34 4 - - 



- 1 13 32 7 1 - - 



- 11 1 3 1 - - 

 . . . 3 - - . . 



1 13 79 138 71 12 2 1 



2 10 30 13 1 - - - 



- 4 8 8 2 - - - 



- 1 2 



- 3 14 13 1 - - - 



- 1 1 



. . 14-... 



1 4 1 



- - - 1 3 - - - 



- - 1 2 1 - - - 



- - -15 8 4 1 



- - - 1 6 3 1 - 



- - - 1 3 - - - 



- - -12--- 



317 



56 



22 

 3 



31 

 2 

 5 

 6 

 4 



4 



19 



11 



4 



3 



3 23 58 45 24 11 5 1 170 



20.99 



22.02 

 22.36 

 21.67 

 22.39 

 21.50 

 22.80 

 21.00 

 23.75 



23.00 

 24.95 

 24.36 

 23.75 

 23.67 



22.72 



