Table 2.— Total number of vertebrae and vertebral formulas of Recent plectognath fishes examined as 

 radiographed and as cleared and stained specimens.— Continued. 



Lactophrysinae 



Acanthostracion guineensis (5 fused) 9+9 

 Acanthostracion notacanthus (5 fused) 9+9 

 Acanthostracion polygonius (5 fused) 9+9 

 Acanthostracion quadricornis (5 fused) 9+10 

 Lactophrys trigonus (5 fused) 9+9 

 Rhinesomus bicaudalis (5 fused) 9+9 

 Rhinesomus triqueter (5 fused) 9+9 

 Triodontidae 



Triodon macropterus 9+11 

 Tetraodontidae: figures followed by (A) are simpli- 

 fied from Abe's ( 1942) extensive analysis of 

 vertebral variation in Japanese puffers 

 Tetraodontinae 

 Amblyrhynchotes honckenii 8+11 in 5 

 8+ 12 in 3 

 Amblyrhynchotes hypselogenion 8+11 in 5 

 8+ 12 in 2 

 7+12 in 1 

 Amblyrhynchotes piosae 8+11 

 Arothron armilla 8+11 

 Arothron hispidus 8+ 10 in 12 

 8+9 in 2 

 9+ 10 in 1 

 Arothron immaculatus 8+10 in 59 

 8+9 in! 

 8 + 11 in 1 

 Arothron meleagris 8+10 in 2 

 9+ 10 in 5 

 9+11 in 1 

 Arothron nigropunctatus 9+9 in 6 

 8+9 in 1 

 8+ 10 in 1 

 Arothron reticulatus 8+10 (A) 

 Arothron setosus 9+ 10 in 6 

 9+9 in 1 

 8+9 in 1 

 Arothron stellatus 8+10 

 Carinotetraodon lorteti 7+10 in 2 



7+9 in 1 

 Chelonodon fluuiatilis 8+ 10 in 38 

 8+llin9 

 8+9 in 4 

 Chelonodon patoca 8+11 in 25 



8+ 10 in 1 

 Chonerhinos modestus 10+ 16 in 6 

 10+ 15 in 3 

 10+ 17 in 1 

 9+ 16 in 1 

 9+ 17 in 1 

 Colomesus asellus 8+ 11 in 8 

 8+ 12 in 1 

 8+ 10 in 1 

 Colomesus psittacus 8+ 11 in 5 

 8+ 10 in 1 

 Ephippion guttifer 8+ 12 

 Fugu chrysops 9+13 in 11 

 9+ 12 in 6 

 Fugu niphobles 8+ 13 in ' 

 8+ 12 in i 

 8+11 in 

 8+14 in 



