FIGURE 9. Capros aper, 5.2 in Phylogenetic position of the fish genera Lobotes, Datnioides and Hapalogenys, with a reappraisal of acanthuriform composition and relationships based on adult and larval morphology

FIGURE 9. Capros aper, 5.2 mm SL postflexion larva ZMUC P42226, Dana 3529I. Spinule-shaped scales on nearly all of trunk and tail, including anterior to pelvic-fin base. These obscure the myomeres, which are omitted. A few spinule-shaped scales are also present on the cheek. A single spinule is at the base of each dorsal- and anal-fin element. The scales are shown only on a patch laterally on the upper trunk. Small spines on the fin spines are longer and more robust than the spinule-shaped scales. The dorsal tip of the ascending process of the premaxilla is dorsal to the posterior border of the nasal pit and hidden by the nasal ridge of spines. Pigment omitted. Scale bar = 1 mm. Illustration by J.M. Leis and S.B. Leis.