. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology Supplement. . Fig. 33. Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet). Diagram to illustrate variations in caudal osteology. Neural arches stippled, neural spines black. The only other significant cranial difference between the two genera concerns the length of the maxilla. The maxilla of Tarpon extends well behind the level of the eye. That of Megalops nearly always terminates at a level beneath the posterior eye border. In two specimens out of a total of 24 examined (ranging in from 48 mm to 365 mm) the maxilla protruded very slightly beyond
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology Supplement. . Fig. 33. Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet). Diagram to illustrate variations in caudal osteology. Neural arches stippled, neural spines black. The only other significant cranial difference between the two genera concerns the length of the maxilla. The maxilla of Tarpon extends well behind the level of the eye. That of Megalops nearly always terminates at a level beneath the posterior eye border. In two specimens out of a total of 24 examined (ranging in from 48 mm to 365 mm) the maxilla protruded very slightly beyond the posterior orbital margin. In the postcranial skeleton Megalops differs from Tarpon in certain respects which are mentioned in the respective diagnoses. Primarily they concern the posi- tion of the ventral fins, the ray counts of dorsal and anal fins and the vertebral and lateral line scale 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 British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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