-."J^ 



';.»rt 7f /''■^,''\ ^ 



*!■ r-' * i*<nr 



212 



*■* 



I 



X r-^,,; "* •-; 





Table 8. -Summary of principal meristic characters of Ageneiosus brevis. 





< NON-TYPES* 





PARALECIOTYPE 













(NMW 47801:2) 





Range 



Mode 



Mean 



N 





Pectoral-fin Rays 



9-12 



11 



10.8 



87 



ii 



Anal-fin Rays 



29-42 



36 



34.9 



76 



34 



Branchiostegal Rays 



7-10 



9 



8.6 



56 



» 



Total Gill Rakers 



21-32 



— 



25.5 



19 



22 



Pleural Ribs 



5-6 



5 



5.4 



31 



5 



Total Vertebrae 



38-43 



40 



40.8 



68 



40 



Preanal Vertebrae 



13-16 



14 



14.4 



62 



14 



'f,^. 



'Includes 2 syntypes of^. rondoni and 15 types oiA. madeirensis. 



