Figure 8From: Regionalization of the axial skeleton in the ‘ambush predator’ guild – are there developmental rules underlying body shape evolution in ray-finned fishes?Variation in total vertebrae relative to the ratio of abdominal vertebrae to caudal vertebrae in Sphyraenidae. A, Total vertebral count. B, ratio of abdominal vertebrae to caudal vertebrae. Ancestral states were reconstructed using squared change parsimony.Back to article page