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One horizontal stripe is present on lateral body in the outgroups. In all members of the 

 ingroup, no matter what pigmentation pattern a species might bear in adults, young 

 specimens (or larvae) always bear one horizontal stripe of equal width along the length 

 of the lateral body (Fig.22C, E). The dorsal horizontal stripe (if any) appears later onto- 



Fig.28: Profiles of ventral view of head, showing the distribution of melanophores. A: Phoxinus neo- 

 gaeus [CA (SU) 09835, 59.5 mm SL]; B: P. phoxinus (KU 22860, 57.2 mm SL): C: P. oreas (KU 

 22257, 42.5 mm SL). Scale bars = 1 mm. 



