TABLE 7. COMPARISON OF IMPORTANT AREAS OF DIFFERENTIATION FOR SUM OF ANTERIOR DORSO-LATERAL AND CIRCUMFERENTIAL SCALE COUNTS IN
 Notropis cornutus and Notropis albeolus

 Anterior dorso-lateral scales
Area 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 No. Mean

albeolus
 New & Roanoke drs. 1 2 38 55 48 21 7 3 175 18.46
 Tar, Neuse & Cape Fear drs. 2 6 39 63 45 15 6 1 177 18.28
cormutus
 Atlantic coast* 3 29 84 137 159 139 103 43 34 13 2 1 1 748 20.40
 Maine-Maritime dr. 1 9 16 35 34 34 14 6 4 3 2 158 20.16
 St. Lawrence dr. 2 10 14 17 20 20 7 10 1 1 102 20.90
 upper Susquehanna dr. 3 17 16 30 15 9 5 3 1 1 100 23.12
 west of Alleghenies 5 27 100 211 287 333 213 142 74 28 12 4 1 1 1438 21.85


 Circumferential scales
Area 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 No. Mean
albeolus
 New & Roanoke drs. 2 12 31 47 39 36 7 1 175 28.43
 Tar, Neuse & Cape Fear drs. 1 5 31 54 32 35 15 3 1 177 27.68
cornutus
 Atlantic coast* 5 8 46 126 175 179 127 60 17 4 1 748 31.60
 Maine-Maritime dr. 1 4 27 54 34 24 8 5 1 158 30.59
 St. Lawrence dr. 18 18 20 23 9 11 2 1 102 32.32
 upper Susquehanna dr. 13 13 21 24 13 12 1 1 2 100 32.70
 west of Alleghenies 8 69 165 279 348 255 178 88 33 7 8 1438 33.17

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