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Table 1. Meristic characters of 14 Coryphaenoides species in the North Pacific. Abbreviations as followings: 1st D, all first dorsal fin-rays; P2, pelvic fin-rays; AV, abdominal vertebrae: PC, pyloric caeca; RM, retia mirabilia and gas gland in swimbladder. Data from Endo et al. (1993) , Nakabo (2002), and personal obsevation

Species

1st D

P2

RM

PC

AV

Descriptions of alevin period
C. pectoralis

9-11

6-8

2

12-16

13-14
 Endo et al. (1993), Ambrose (1996)丆This study
C. acrolepis

11-13

8-9

4

12-14

14-16
 Stein (1980)
C. armatus

10-12

10-12

5-6

10-13

13-14
 Stein (1980)
C. altipinis

15

9

?

?

?
C. asper

13

11

?

?

?
C. cinereus

12-14 (16)

8-10

4

4-7

13-15
 Endo et al. (1993)
C. filamentosus

13

9

?

?

13
C. filifer

13-16

9-10

4

8-12

13-14
 Stein (1980)
C. leptolepis

10-12

9-11

6

11

12
 Stein (1980)
C. liocephalus

10-12

8

?

?

?
C. longifilis

14-16

9-10

4

12

14-15
C. marginatus

11-13

7-8

4

11-13

12
C. nasutus

11-13

9-10

4

9

12-13
C. yaquinae

10-12

10-11

6

10-11

13-14