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Table 1 Frequency distributions of dorsal-, anal- and pectoral-fin-ray counts for Anisochromis species. Bilateral counts of pectoral-fin rays are included. 

Segmented D rays 
DD) 26 PATE a SD WG 
A. kenyae 
Kenya 22 2 = 25.1 0.3 23 
Tanzania 1 - - il 
Mozambique 7 - - 25.0 0.0 7 
Comoros 9 3 - 25.3 0.5 10 
Madagascar - 1 - 1 
Total 39 6 - 25.1 0.3 42 
A. mascarenensis 
Réunion 1 9 - 25.9 0.3 2, 
Mauritius - 1 = ~ 
Total 1 10 - 25.9 0.3 2 
A. straussi 10 69 2 25.9 0.4 5 
Segmented A rays Pectoral rays 
18 19 a SD i} 14 iS) X SD 
1 - 17.0 0.2 1 15 4 14.2 0.5 
= — No data taken 
- - 17.0 0.0 1 9 - 13.9 0.3 
2 - 17.2 0.4 4 20 - 13.8 0.4 
1 - 17.5 OM - 4 - 14.0 0.0 
4 = 17.1 0.3 6 48 4 14.0 0.4 
8 = 17.8 0.4 7 13 - 13.7 0.5 
1 - 2 - - 13.0 0.0 
9 - 17.8 0.4 9 13 - 13.6 0.5 
4 D, 18.0 0.3 8 51 1 13.9 0.4 

