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.