FIGURE 9 in Status of Gobiosoma (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Brazil: description of a new species, redescription of G. hemigymnum, molecular phylogeny of the genus, and key to Atlantic species

FIGURE 9. Number of scales longitudinal series as a function of standard length in Gobiosoma alfiei settled individuals of indeterminate sex (yellow diamonds), females (red circles) and males (blue triangles). The holotype, a male, is indicated by a black star. Gobiosoma alfiei planktonic larvae are indicated for individuals without external basicaudal scales (open circles) and with external basicaudal scales (crosses); length is notochord length or standard length depending upon the stage of the larva. The fitted von Bertalanffy curve relating scale count to standard length for settled individuals (see text) is overlaid; estimated values were extrapolated past lowest and highest SL for better visualization. The model explains 89 % of the variation in scale number according to standard length, as estimated by a Pearson correlation.