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Figure 5. Pteropsaron levitoni sp. nov. (a) Composite drawing using specimens 1, 3 & 5 (as numbered in Table 2) 
(scales and fm rays partially reconstructed); (b) dorsal view of head of holotype; (c) lateral-line scales of cleared-and- 
stained specimen CAS 236402: c — lateral view of scale, anterior to left; c’—medial view of same scale, anterior to right; 
c” — lateral view of another scale, anterior to left. 
Scales: Scales large, eyeloid, some large seales dorsally on preoperele and operele; snout and 
ventral parts of head laeking seales; seales present on ehest and isthmus. Lateral-line seales about 
30-32; tubed, with midlateral parts of posterior margin ineised or irregularly erenate (Fig. 5). Other 
body seales with margins entire, laeking any projeetions or serrations. 
Fins: First dorsal fin short-based, 5 spinous rays, tightly elustered at base; first three spines 
elongated, the first spine longest, extending about to middle of soft dorsal fm; fm origin slightly 
behind vertieal of peetoral-fm origin and between those of pel vie and anal fins. Seeond dorsal fm 
well separated from first, long-based with 19-20 rays, last split to base, all rays unbranehed, none 
prolonged. Anal fm long-based with 24-25 rays (last split to base), all but first ray branehed; no 
elongated rays, height of fm less than that of seeond dorsal fm. Peetoral fm broad based, rounded; 
with 19 rays. Pelvie fm thoraeie, origin about under preoperele, well anterior to that of peetoral fm. 
