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Table 1 Material examined. Abbreviations: c&s, cleared and stained; mus, muscle dissection; UD, unavailable data. Additional comparative material of Teleostei listed in Datovo & Vari [6, 28] and Datovo et al. [83]

From: Evolution of the facial musculature in basal ray-finned fishes

Order

Family

Species

Catalog number

Examined specimens

Preparation

Standard length (mm)

Acipenseriformes

Acipenseridae

Acipenser fulvescens

MZUSP 48364

1

mus

121

   

VIMS 17717

1

c&s

141

   

VIMS 35591

1

mus

206

   

VIMS 35592

1

c&s

87

   

VIMS 35593

3

c&s

85–111

 

Polyodontidae

Polyodon spathula

VIMS 19827

3

c&s

219–263

   

VIMS 35594

1

mus

245

Amiiformes

Amiidae

Amia calva

USNM 64338

1

mus

176

   

VIMS 35717

1

mus

UD (head only)

Elopiformes

Elopidae

Elops lacerta

MZUSP 84787

1

mus

111

 

Megalopidae

Megalops cyprinoides

USNM 102685

1

mus

106

Hiodontiformes

Hiodontidae

Hiodon alosoides

VIMS 35598

1

mus

104

  

Hiodon tergisus

USNM 167970

1

mus

81

Lepisosteiformes

Lepisosteidae

Lepisosteus osseus

LIRP 13576

1

mus

171

   

VIMS 13559

2

c&s

73–100

  

Lepisosteus platostomus

USNM 54983

1

mus

201

Polypteriformes

Polypteridae

Calamoichthys calabaricus

LIRP 13572

1

c&s

233

   

LIRP 4572

1

mus

235

   

USNM 380263

2

mus

257–267

  

Polypterus senegalus

LIRP 13548

1

c&s

87

   

LIRP 14021

1

c&s

122

   

USNM 224817

1

mus

232

   

USNM 229760

1

c&s

137

    

1

mus

108

   

USNM 395402

1

mus

214