Table 16.—Meristic characters of labrids and scarids from the tropical western Atlantic Ocean. 
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Fin rays 
____ Vertebral number Dorsal _ Dorsal Anal Anal 
Species Precaudal Caudal Total spines soft rays spines soft rays 
Labridae 
Lachnolaimus 
maximus 12 17 29 14 11-12 3 11 
Bodianus 
rufus 11 17 28 9-12 8-10 3 11-12 
pulchellus 11 17 28 11-12 10-11 3 11-12 
Decodon 
puellaris 12 16 28 11 10 3 10 
Clepticus 
parrae 10 itz 27 12 10 3 12 
Halichoeres 
bathyphilus 10 15 25 9 11 3 12 
bivittatus 10 15 25 9 11 3 12 
caudalis 10 15 25 9 11 3 12 
cyanocephalus 10 15 25 9 12 3 2 
garnol 10 15 25 9 11 3 2 
maculipinna 10 15 25 9 11 3 
pictus 10 15 25 e) 11 3 12 
poeyi 10 15 25 9 11 3 12 
radiatus 10 15 25 ) 11 3 12 
Thalassoma 
bifasciatum 11 14 25 8 12-13 3 10-11 
Doratonotus 
megalepis 9 16 25 9 10 3 9 
Xyrichthys 
novacula 9 16 25 9 12 3 12 
splendens 9 16 25 9 12 3 12 
martinicensis 9 16 25 9 12 3 12 
Scaridae 9-11 14-16 25 9 10 3 9 
Table 17.—Comparison of occurrences (number of stations) and numbers of scombrid larvae collected in bongo nets in the 
Caribbean Sea during MARMAP OTP'I and II cruises (Oregon IJ cruises 7239 and 7343). 
Cruise 7239 Cruise 7343 
Actual Stand. Actual Stand. 
No. % no. no. No. % no. no. 
Scombrid taxa stations occurrence larvae larvae stations occurrence larvae larvae 
Scombridae spp. 5 8 11 45.5 1 2 1 2.9 
Auxis spp. 5 8 16 78.4 2 3 10 38.6 
Euthynnus alletteratus 3 5 3 12.0 1 2 1 4.2 
Katsuwonus pelamis 27 42 34 =. 205.3 6 13 6 21.1 
Thunnus 
spp. 18 28 52) 533757. 1 2 1 3:1 
atlanticus 6 9 8 56.0 3 7 3 9.8 
alalunga 1 2 1 3.6 
Scomber japonicus 1 2 1 Hot! 
Acanthocybium solandri 7 3 2 13.9 
Sarda sarda 1 2 2 8.4 
Total Scombridae 44 68 127. 756.5 13 29 25 91.7 
Gempylidae 
Promethichthys prometheus 4 9 8 28.8 
Gempylus serpens 7 11 9 55.1 12 27 13 41.3 
Scombrolabrax heterolepis 5 8 8 41.8 6 13 10 30.1 
Nesiarchus nasutus 6 9 8 53.4 2 4 2 7.6 
Thyrsites atun —_ hm a 1 2 hall 
Total Gempylidae 16 25 25 150.3 21 47 34 111.9 
Trichiuridae 
spp. . 1 2 2 6.7 
Benthodesmus 
tenuis 1 2 1 sha} 
elongatus 1 2 1 3.3 
Diplospinus multistriatus noe ah alee) 7 16 7 23.4 
Total Trichuridae 5 7 7 41.1 10 20 11 36.7 
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