Study of the vertebral column of the onion trevally, Carangoides caeruleopinnatus (Teleostei: Carangidae) collected from the Sea of Oman

Figures & data

Figure 1. Hypothetical vertebra showing the three measurements of the vertebral centrum. VL, central length; VH, central height; VW, central width.

Figure 2. Vertebral column of Carangoides caeruleopinnatus showing different regions.

Table I. Mean values (M; mm) of length (LV), height (LH) and anterior width (LW) for the successive vertebrae of the vertebral column of Carangoides caeruleopinnatus (SD = standard deviation).

Ordinal number of vertebrae	Length of vertebra		Height of vertebra		Width of vertebra
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
1	1.214	0.259	2.560	0.371	2.752	0.374
2	2.008	0.241	3.068	0.225	3.872	0.227
3	2.342	0.271	3.433	0.291	4.663	0.295
4	2.016	0.259	2.863	0.245	4.094	0.244
5	2.050	0.245	2.322	0.178	4.873	0.173
6	2.271	0.285	2.442	0.185	5.291	0.184
7	2.513	0.238	2.460	0.192	5.262	0.191
8	2.640	0.206	2.68	0.193	5.342	0.195
9	2.649	0.219	2.497	0.193	5.321	0.194
10	2.723	0.223	2.498	0.176	5.382	0.176
11	2.846	0.209	2.498	0.176	5.592	0.173
12	2.847	0.187	2.673	0.176	5.394	0.174
13	2.884	0.185	2.49	0.169	5.532	0.168
14	2.952	0.221	2.683	0.179	5.833	0.178
15	3.029	0.212	2.568	0.191	5.812	0.191
16	3.254	0.282	2.783	0.191	5.893	0.192
17	3.577	0.258	2.743	0.191	5.653	0.104
18	3.837	0.250	2.993	0.174	5.684	0.173
19	4.121	0.279	3.232	0.166	5.542	0.163
20	3.504	0.292	3.222	0.168	5.644	0.165
21	2.961	0.306	2.549	0.194	5.464	0.194
22	2.293	0.303	2.331	0.245	5.373	0.243
23	1.712	0.231	1.638	0.179	4.212	0.174
24	0.801	0.303	1.342	0.196	3.483	0.193

Figure 3. Vertebral profiles of Carangoides caeruleopinnatus. VL, central length; VH, central height; VW, central width.