1 66 Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 



Table II. Frequency Distribution of Gill Rakers on Upper Limb of First Arch 



in Anchoa* 



Number of Gill Rakers 



13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 



spinifer. 



argenteus 



duodecim 



trinitatis 



cayorum 



fectoralis 



mltchilli mitchilli . . 

 mitchilH diaphana . . . 



parva 



j armaria , 



choerostoma 



tricolor 



cubana 



ginsburgi 



lamprotaenia 



hepsetus hepsetus 



hepsetus colonensis . . . 



lyolepis 



filifera 



12 



"A 

 23 



12 

 12 



24 

 2 



H 

 I 

 I 

 I 

 3 





3« 

 95 



63 

 118 



56 



44 



3 





25 



7 56 



47 

 I 



3 

 I 



I 

 13 

 19 



9 



5 



2 

 2 

 6 



52 

 24 



9 

 I 



3 

 I 



4 

 47 

 12 

 23 



4 



10 

 2 

 4 



19 



23 



I 



12 



4 



* When the counts exceed the number of specimens listed in the text, the rakers were counted on both ante- 

 rior arches. 



Table III. Frequency Distribution of Gill Rakers on Lower Limb of First Arch 



in Anchoa* 

 Number of Gill Rakers 



spinifer. . . . 

 argenteus . . 

 duodecim . . 

 trinitatis . . 

 cayorum . . . 

 pectoralis . . 

 mitchilli mitchilli. 

 mitchilH diaphana 



parva 



januaria . . . 

 choerostoma 

 tricolor .... 

 cubana .... 

 ginsburgi . . 



lamprotaenia 



hepsetus hepsetus . . 

 hepsetus colonensis . 



lyolepis 



filifera 



y^ -. . .. ^ , uiiiL'vji KJi. \^J ill i.va.jv\-i J s. 



15 16 17 18 ig 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 



4 II 24 4 



18 40 22 I 

 313 



4 2 — 



— 4 21 45 70 54 21 6 



— 12 64 125 92 46 10 3 



— — 7101413 



— 2 4 4 5 



— 10 12 9 6 



II 20 25 



— 3 211 6 



8 li 



23 8 



— 2 26 94 82 31 8 5 



9 27 97 93 47 



4 15 25 4 



4 1 1 14 II 



5 5 4 



* When the counts exceed the number of specimens listed in the text, the rakers were counted on both 

 anterior arches. 



