Table 4. Results of meristic counts: comparison of ranges observed in reared and wild lots.

			Caudal fin				Anal fin		Dorsal fin					Pectoral fin				Pelvic fin
	Lots	Vertebrae	Hypurals	Epurals	Upper rays	Lower rays	Pterygiophores	Rays	Predorsal bones	Hard rays pterygiophores	Hard rays	Soft rays pterygiophores	Soft rays	Left side rays	Right side rays	Left side radials	Right side radials	Left side rays	Right side rays
WILD	WIIT01 *	24	n.c.	n.c.	9	7–8	n.c.	13–16	n.c.	n.c.	10–11	n.c.	12–13	13–16	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.
	WIIT02	24	4–5	3–4	9	8	11–13	14–16	3	9–11	11–12	11–14	13–15	15–17	15–17	4	4	6–7	6–7
	WIIT03 *	24–25	3–5	3	8–9	8	11–13	14–16	3	9	11	12–14	12–15	15–17	n.c.	4	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.
	WIIT04	24	5	3–4	9	8	13–14	15–16	3	10	11	13–14	14–15	15–16	15–16	4	4	6	6
	WITU01 *	24	n.c.	n.c.	9	7–8	n.c.	13–15	n.c.	n.c.	11	n.c.	12–14	15–17	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.
Group 1	INIT06	23–24	n.c.	n.c.	8–9	8–10	n.c.	13–16	n.c.	n.c.	9–11	n.c.	11–15	15–17	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.
	LVIT01	24–25	n.c.	n.c.	8–9	8	n.c.	14–15	n.c.	n.c.	10–12	n.c.	12–13	15–16	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.
Group 2	INIT07	23–25	n.c.	n.c.	8–9	8–9	n.c.	13–16	n.c.	n.c.	9–14	n.c.	11–14	7–16	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.
	LVIT02	24–25	n.c.	n.c.	9	8–9	n.c.	14–16	n.c.	n.c.	7–11	n.c.	12–15	13–16	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.
Group 3	INIT19	23–25	5–6	2–4	8–10	8–9	9–13	11–16	2–4	7–10	9–11	11–15	12–16	14–16	0–17	4	0–4	0–7	0–7
	INIT18	23–25	4–5	2–4	9	8–9	11–13	14–17	2–3	7–9	9–11	11–15	12–16	14–16	14–16	4	3–4	6–7	6–7
	LVIT04	24	5	2–3	8–9	8–9	12–13	14–16	2–3	7–9	10–11	12–14	13–15	14–16	14–15	4	4	6–7	6–7
	LVIT05	24–25	4–5	2–4	9	8–9	11–13	14–16	2–3	7–9	9–11	12–15	13–15	14–16	14–16	4	3–6	6	6
Group 4	INGR01	24–26	4–7	2–6	6–10	5–9	13–15	14–16	2–3	10–11	11–12	11–14	12–14	14–16	14–16	4	4	5–6	5–6
	MEGR04	24–25	4–7	2–6	6–9	5–9	13–15	15–17	3–4	10–11	11	12–14	13–15	14–15	14–16	4	4	6	6

Bold values: range outside the wild one; n.c. = data not collected;

^* = observation carried out only on the left side of the body.