. Breviora. 4 BREVIORA No. 503. Figure 1. The Leptocephalus holti group. Top, species 1, MCZ 101007, 30 mm SL; Middle, species 2, MCZ 101003, 26 mm SL; Bottom, species 3, MCZ 101023, 25 mm SL. Drawn by L. Meszoly. contributing to swelling of gut; pancreas compact, located just posterior to liver and gall bladder; dorsal aorta sending several conspicuous vertical blood vessels that enter a parallel ventral vessel that lies distinctly above the gut. Dorsal fin begins ap- proximately 20 myomeres anterior to anus. Head and snout long; eye located posteriorly, close to anteriormost myomeres; snout
. Breviora. 4 BREVIORA No. 503. Figure 1. The Leptocephalus holti group. Top, species 1, MCZ 101007, 30 mm SL; Middle, species 2, MCZ 101003, 26 mm SL; Bottom, species 3, MCZ 101023, 25 mm SL. Drawn by L. Meszoly. contributing to swelling of gut; pancreas compact, located just posterior to liver and gall bladder; dorsal aorta sending several conspicuous vertical blood vessels that enter a parallel ventral vessel that lies distinctly above the gut. Dorsal fin begins ap- proximately 20 myomeres anterior to anus. Head and snout long; eye located posteriorly, close to anteriormost myomeres; snout long and pointed, profile relatively flat; nasal capsule small. Sev- eral expanded melanophores sometimes present on lateral mid- line. Moderately large melanophores on gut. One to four mela- nophores sometimes present near dorsal margin of body, in clear area above myomeres. Pigment usually present at anterior tip of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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