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Table 19. -Summary of principal diagnostic meristic characters oiAeeneiosus 



1Sm"r foi ^V"^'^ '^"^1 '' a combination of MNHN B.690 (1 specimen) and 

 MNHN B.691 (2 specimens, last three characters). 





NON-TYPES 





SYNTYPES 



^'"■"itt' /"* 











^-' 7-'- ^. ^J,.-.. 









■^ '--^ (f-"-'-' .^ Range 



Mode 



Mean 



N 



Range 



Pectoral-fin Rays ^\ 11-14 



13 



12.6 



50 



12-13* 



Anal-fin Rays ' ,/^ 33-39 



37 



36.6 



43 



34-36* 



Branchiostegal Rays > . ■. 9-11 



10 



9.9 



36 



9-10* 



Total Gill Rakers 12-17 



15 



14.6 



31 



i2*-i6 - :; 



Pleural Ribs 8-9 



9 



8.7 



14 



9*-10 (2) 



Total Vertebrae 48-50 



49 



49.3 



14 



50* (2) 



Preanal Vertebrae 18-19 19 18.8 13 19*-20 (2) 



*Value for the lectotype (MNHN B.691, male, 233 mm SL). 



