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Table 4 Frequency distributions of numbers of consecutive dorsal-fin pterygiophores inserting in 1:1 relationship with interneural spaces directly behind 
neural spine 4, and anal-fin pterygiophores inserting in 1:1 relationship with interhaemal spaces directly behind haemal spine 2 for species of 
Anisochromis. 








1:1 D pterygiophores 1:1 A pterygiophores 
20 21 22 Ds} 24 G SD 12 13 14 15 16 a SD 
A. kenyae 
Kenya 1 1 21 1 - 21.9 0.5 1 - 22 it - 14.0 0.5 
Tanzania - = 1 - - = - - - 
Mozambique - - 7 - - 22.0 0.0 1 - 6 - - 1357) 0.8 
Comoros 1 2 = - 21.6 0.7 3 2 4 - - 13.1 0.9 
Madagascar - = 1 - - = - 1 1 - 14.5 0.7 
Total 2 3 37 1 = 21.9 0.5 5 2 34 a - 13.8 0.7 
A. mascarenensis 
Réunion - 2 2 5 - 22.3 0.9 - 3 2 4 - 14.1 0.9 
Mauritius - - 1 - - - = - 1 - 
Total = 2 3 5 - 22.3 0.8 — 3 2 5 - 14.2 0.9 
A. straussi - 14 8 57 2 22.6 0.8 1 23 6 48 1 14.3 1.0 
Table 5 Frequency distributions of counts of scales in lateral series for Anisochromis species. Bilateral counts are included. 
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 i SD 
A. kenyae 
Kenya - 2 5 5 4 2 ~ 40.3 6 
Mozambique ~ - 3 3 3 1 - — - 40.2 0 
Comoros 1 4 7 8 4 - - - - 39.4 1.1 
Madagascar - - 2 ! 1 - - = = 39.8 0 
Total 1 6 17 17 12 3 1 1 = 39.9 3 
A. mascarenensis 
Réunion - - - 1 - 5) 4 5 2 43.1 1.3 
Mauritius = - - - - 1 ~ 1 - 43.0 1.4 
Total = - - 1 - 6 4 6 2 43.1 1.3 
A. straussi - - - - 6 19 20 13 1 42.7 1.0 
Table 6 Frequency distributions of counts of anterior lateral-line scales for Anisochromis species. Bilateral counts are included. 
28 7A!) 30 31 32 33 34 313) 36 Sif 38 39 x SD 
A. kenyae 
Kenya l 1 3 4 1 - 3 1 - ~ - - 31.4 Pra 
Mozambique - - 1 2 1 4 1 - - - - - 32.2 1.3 
Comoros 3 2) 4 5 4 3 = - - - = - 30.7 1.6 
Madagascar _ — 1 2 1 - - - - 31.0 0.8 
Total 4 3 9 13 7 ii 4 1 31.2 1.7 
A. mascarenensis 
Réunion - - - - 1 2 D 7 3 1 1 1 35.2 iad 
Mauritius - - - - - = - 1 1 - - = 35).5) 0.7 
Total = - - - 1 2 2) 8 4 1 1 1 35.2 1.6 
A. straussi - 7) 7 13 12 10 6 3 1 35.0 1.6 

Table 7 Frequency distributions of anterior lateral-line termination positions (relative to segmented dorsal-fin rays) for Anisochromis species. Bilateral 
counts are included. 

Segmented dorsal-fin ray 

WH 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 x SD 
A. kenyae 
Kenya 1 4 4 3 2 - - - 19.1 1.2 
Mozambique - 1 3 3 2 - - - 19.7 1.0 
Comoros 2 3 9 3 4 - — - 19.2 1.2 
Madagascar - - - D; - - - - 20.0 0.0 
Total 3 8 16 11 8 - - - 19.3 1.1 
A. mascarenensis 
Réunion = = 1 5 6 4 D - 21.1 1.1 
Mauritius - - - - 1 1 - - Dales) 0.7 
Total - = 1 5 Vi 5 2 - Pill iol 
A, straussi - 1 9 19 12 9 1 21.3 3 

