Table 1.

Meristic and papillae characters for Varicus and Psilotris. AP.

Species	Second dorsal	Anal	Pectoral	AP	Papillae rows 5i/5s	Body Scales	Basicaudal Scales
Varicus adamsi	I,9	I,7–8	18	1	connected	present	present
Varicus benthonis	I,8	I,7	16	1	separate	present	present
Varicus bucca	I,9	I,7–8	16–19	1	connected	present	present
Varicus cephalocellatus	I,10	I,9	19–20	1	variable	present	present
Varicus decorum	I,9	I,7–8	17	1	connected	absent	present
Varicus lacerta sp. n.	I,9	I,7	18	1	connected	absent	absent
Varicus marilynae	I,8	I,7	16–18	1	connected	present	present
Varicus nigritus	I,9	I,8	17	1	connected	present	present
Varicus veliguttatus	I,8	I,6–7	17–19	1	connected	present	present
Varicus vespa	I,9	I,7 (rarely I,6 or I,8)	15–17	1	separate	present	present
Psilotris alepis	I,9 (rarely I,8)	I,7–8	15	2	separate	absent	absent
Psilotris boehlkei	I,9–10	I,9	16–18	2	separate	absent	absent
Psilotris celsa	I,9–10 (rarely I,8)	I,9–10 (rarely I,8)	16–17	2	connected	absent	absent
Psilotris kaufmani	I,10 (rarely I,9)	I,10 (rarely I,9)	16–19	2	connected	absent	absent
Psilotris laetarii	I,9–10	I,7–8	15–17	2	connected	absent	absent
Psilotris laurae	I,9	I,8	18	1	connected	absent	absent