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varies from 8.5 to 10% SL (X = 9.1%, n = 12). Twelve pectoral-fin rays
present in all larvae.
 Larvae exhibit the following pigment pattern in alcohol: membrane
between lower 6 pectoral rays pigmented to tips, membranes between
sixth-seventh and seventh-eighth rays pigmented only on inner half and
fourth respectively, with outer portion of membrane transparent; mem-
brane covering brain with several large pigment spots; two pigment spots
on either side of tip of upper jaw, immediately anterior to oribital margin; a
pigment spot at dorsal edge of each opercle at upper angle of gill opening.

Table 6-Matrix of covariance comparisons of regression equations (Table5) for number of
 mandibular teeth between different populations of Chasmodes (P<0.001; see
 Table 3 for explanation of abbreviations). 0 = coincident regression lines;
 = noncoincident but parallel lines; + = noncoincident and nonparallel lines.

 BM BF BS BN BC LS LM LA LL SS SN ST SC SE SM SF
 BM 0 0 0
 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0
 BS 0 0 0 0 0 +
 BN 0 0 0 + + + +
 BC + +
 LS 0 0 0
 LM 0 0
 LA 0
 LL + + + +
 SS 0 0 0 0 +
 SN 0 0 0 +
 ST 0 0
 SC 0 +
 SE 0
 SM
 SF


 STATISTICAL COMPARISONS.-The results of statistical comparisons of the
populations of Chasmodes bosquianus are summarized in Tables 6 and 7.
Populations of C. b. bosquianus have significantly shorter maxillary lengths
than populations of C. b. longimaxilla (Table 7). No consistent statistical
differences were obtained for the number of mandibular teeth between C.
b. bosquianus and C. b. longimaxilla populations (Table 6). Two popula-
tions of C. b. bosquianus (Chesapeake Bay area and Marineland) have
significantly fewer mandibular teeth than all populations of C. b. longimax-
illa. The North Carolina population of C. b. bosquianus significantly
differs in number of mandibular teeth from only one population (Laguna
Madre) of C. b. longimaxilla. Comparisons of the number of mandibular
teeth between other populations of the two subspecies did not show
significantly different regression equations for number of mandibular


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