Fig. 1.

Fig. 1. Cladogram of pristigasterid fishes based on morphological characters (modified from Grande 1985). List of characters (reproduced from Grande, 1985): character 20: “Predorsal bones oriented either vertically or inclined anterodorsally”; character 21: “Loss of interlobar notch in third hypural of caudal skeleton”; character a: “Maxillary- premaxillary gap covered by bone”; character b: “Presence of a bony process on the first pleural rib which articulates with the shoulder girdle”; character c: “Loss of pelvic fin”; character d: “More than 23 predorsal bones”; character e: “More than 57 anal pterygiophores.”