TABLE 2 in Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups
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| contents | <p><b>TABLE 2.</b> Meristic, morphometric, quantitative colour, and otolith characters in <i>N. superocellatus</i> <b>n. sp.</b> types and the three other <i>australiensis</i> group species.</p><table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th colspan="5"><i>N. superocellatus</i> <b>n. sp.</b></th><th></th><th></th><th colspan="3"><i>N. australiensis</i></th><th></th><th colspan="3"><i>N. nigriventris</i></th><th></th><th></th><th colspan="3"><i>N. unimaculatus</i></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th></th><td colspan="4">Individual types</td><td></td><td colspan="2">All types</td><td></td><td colspan="3">NW Australia</td><td></td><td colspan="3">NE Australia</td><td></td><td>Coral Sea</td><td colspan="4">W Australia to Japan</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>HT</td><td colspan="3">Paratypes</td><td colspan="4">Min Mean Max <i>n</i></td><td>Min</td><td>Mean</td><td>Max</td><td><i>n</i></td><td>Min</td><td>Mean</td><td>Max</td><td><i>n</i></td><td><i>n</i> =1</td><td>Min</td><td>Mean</td><td>Max</td><td><i>n</i></td></tr><tr><th>SL (in mm)</th><td>95</td><td>98</td><td>90</td><td>79</td><td>79</td><td>90.5</td><td>98</td><td>4</td><td>180</td><td>204.6</td><td>245</td><td>7</td><td>61</td><td>155.5</td><td>238</td><td>47</td><td>130</td><td>95</td><td>162.7</td><td>235</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Meristic characters</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Dorsal-fin rays</th><td colspan="4">103 104 98 102</td><td>98</td><td colspan="2">101.8 104</td><td>4</td><td>88</td><td>90.6</td><td>92</td><td>7</td><td>90</td><td>92.7</td><td>95</td><td>37</td><td>92</td><td>90</td><td>93.5</td><td>99</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><th>Caudal-fin rays</th><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8.0</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>8.0</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>8.0</td><td>8</td><td>29</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8.0</td><td>8</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><th>Anal-fin rays</th><td>85</td><td>86</td><td>88</td><td>85</td><td>85</td><td>86.0</td><td>88</td><td>4</td><td>73</td><td>74.6</td><td>77</td><td>7</td><td>74</td><td>76.4</td><td>79</td><td>37</td><td>78</td><td>73</td><td>76.8</td><td>81</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><th>Pectoral-fin rays</th><td>-</td><td>26</td><td>-</td><td>27</td><td>26</td><td>26.5</td><td>27</td><td>2</td><td>26</td><td>26.6</td><td>27</td><td>5</td><td>23</td><td>24.7</td><td>26</td><td>26</td><td>28</td><td>27</td><td>27.9</td><td>30</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><th>Precaudal vertebrae</th><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>-</td><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>13.0</td><td>13</td><td>3</td><td>13</td><td>13.0</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>12</td><td>13.0</td><td>13</td><td>37</td><td>13</td><td>12</td><td>13.0</td><td>13</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Total vertebrae</th><td>58</td><td>59</td><td>-</td><td>60</td><td>58</td><td>59.0</td><td>60</td><td>3</td><td>53</td><td>53.1</td><td>54</td><td>7</td><td>52</td><td>53.8</td><td>56</td><td>37</td><td>53</td><td>53</td><td>54.5</td><td>57</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Pseudobranchial filaments</th><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4.0</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>8.8</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>5.7</td><td>8</td><td>29</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>6.2</td><td>8</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><th>Dorsal-fin origin above vertebra nr.</th><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>-</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>5.3</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>5.3</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>5.0</td><td>6</td><td>37</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>5.1</td><td>6</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Anal-fin origin below dorsal fin ray nr. 20</th><td>21</td><td>21</td><td>18</td><td>18</td><td>20.0</td><td>21</td><td>4</td><td>21</td><td>21.9</td><td>23</td><td>7</td><td>18</td><td>19.9</td><td>21</td><td>37</td><td>22</td><td>17</td><td>19.9</td><td>22</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Anal-fin origin below vertebra nr.</th><td>15</td><td>15</td><td>-</td><td>14</td><td>14</td><td>14.7</td><td>15</td><td>3</td><td>15</td><td>16.1</td><td>17</td><td>7</td><td>14</td><td>14.8</td><td>15</td><td>37</td><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>15.2</td><td>16</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Developed gill rakers</th><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>14</td><td>14.5</td><td>15</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>9.9</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>10.1</td><td>12</td><td>38</td><td>10</td><td>8</td><td>9.4</td><td>12</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Total gillrakers</th><td>22</td><td>22</td><td>21</td><td>20</td><td>20</td><td>21.3</td><td>22</td><td>4</td><td>16</td><td>17.0</td><td>18</td><td>4</td><td>16</td><td>17.9</td><td>20</td><td>25</td><td>18</td><td>17</td><td>17.3</td><td>18</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><th>Morphometric characters</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>in % SL</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Head length</th><td>21</td><td>22</td><td>21</td><td>21</td><td>21</td><td>21.0</td><td>22</td><td>4</td><td>23</td><td>24.1</td><td>25</td><td>7</td><td>21</td><td>22.3</td><td>24</td><td>44</td><td>23</td><td>21</td><td>22.6</td><td>25</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Body depth at anal-fin origin</th><td>15</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>16</td><td>15</td><td>16.6</td><td>18</td><td>4</td><td>18</td><td>18.3</td><td>19</td><td>7</td><td>16</td><td>17.4</td><td>20</td><td>37</td><td>19</td><td>15</td><td>17.5</td><td>19</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Upper-jaw length</th><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>10.7</td><td>11</td><td>4</td><td>12</td><td>12.7</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>11</td><td>11.6</td><td>12</td><td>25</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>11.6</td><td>13</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><th>Orbit length</th><td>5.1</td><td>4.8</td><td>4.8</td><td>4.6</td><td>4.6</td><td>4.8</td><td>5.1</td><td>4</td><td>4.2</td><td>4.5</td><td>4.7</td><td>7</td><td>4.0</td><td>4.7</td><td>5.5</td><td>24</td><td>4.5</td><td>4.0</td><td>4.6</td><td>5.4</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Preanal distance</th><td>41</td><td>43</td><td>45</td><td>39</td><td>39</td><td>42.3</td><td>45</td><td>4</td><td>43</td><td>46.8</td><td>49</td><td>7</td><td>38</td><td>42.2</td><td>47</td><td>25</td><td>45</td><td>40</td><td>43.7</td><td>48</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><th>Predorsal distance</th><td>25</td><td>23</td><td>24</td><td>23</td><td>23</td><td>23.9</td><td>25</td><td>4</td><td>25</td><td>26.3</td><td>28</td><td>7</td><td>24</td><td>24.9</td><td>26</td><td>26</td><td>24</td><td>24</td><td>25.8</td><td>27</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Pelvic-fin to anal-fin origin distance</th><td>26</td><td>27</td><td>26</td><td>25</td><td>25</td><td>26.2</td><td>27</td><td>4</td><td>25</td><td>27.8</td><td>29</td><td>7</td><td>22</td><td>25.8</td><td>30</td><td>37</td><td>27</td><td>23</td><td>27.0</td><td>32</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><th>Pelvic-fin length</th><td>14</td><td>12</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>11</td><td>12.2</td><td>14</td><td>4</td><td>14</td><td>15.9</td><td>19</td><td>7</td><td>16</td><td>20.3</td><td>24</td><td>36</td><td>18</td><td>12</td><td>16.7</td><td>20</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Gill-filament length</th><td>1.4</td><td>1.2</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.8</td><td>1.1</td><td>1.4</td><td>4</td><td>1.6</td><td>1.7</td><td>1.8</td><td>7</td><td>1.4</td><td>1.6</td><td>1.9</td><td>30</td><td>1.2</td><td>1.2</td><td>1.8</td><td>2.2</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><th>Postorbital distance</th><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>11.0</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>12.4</td><td>13</td><td>4</td><td>14</td><td>14.6</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>12</td><td>13.4</td><td>14</td><td>24</td><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>13.7</td><td>15</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><th>in % HL</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Upper-jaw length</th><td>53</td><td>48</td><td>52</td><td>50</td><td>48</td><td>50.8</td><td>53</td><td>4</td><td>48</td><td>52.7</td><td>54</td><td>7</td><td>47</td><td>52.0</td><td>55</td><td>25</td><td>51</td><td>48</td><td>51.3</td><td>55</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><th>Orbit length</th><td>24</td><td>22</td><td colspan="2">22.5 22</td><td>22</td><td>22.8</td><td>24</td><td>4</td><td>17</td><td>18.8</td><td>19</td><td>7</td><td>17</td><td>21.3</td><td>25</td><td>24</td><td>20</td><td>18</td><td>20.3</td><td>24</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Gill-filament length</th><td>6.6</td><td>5.7</td><td>5.8</td><td>3.7</td><td>3.7</td><td>5.4</td><td>6.6</td><td>4</td><td>6.7</td><td>7.1</td><td>7.4</td><td>7</td><td>6.4</td><td>7.3</td><td>8.7</td><td>30</td><td>5.0</td><td>5.0</td><td>7.8</td><td>9.7</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><th>Postorbital distance</th><td>64</td><td>60</td><td>53</td><td>59</td><td>53</td><td>59.0</td><td>64</td><td>4</td><td>59</td><td>60.5</td><td>62</td><td>7</td><td>55</td><td>60.1</td><td>63</td><td>24</td><td>55</td><td>55</td><td>60.4</td><td>65</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><th>Central ocellus characters</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Snout tip to ocellus spot distance % SL 51</th><td>54</td><td>54</td><td>52</td><td>51</td><td>52.6</td><td>54</td><td>4</td><td>44</td><td>47.1</td><td>49</td><td>7</td><td>42</td><td>45.1</td><td>47</td><td>44</td><td>43</td><td>43</td><td>45.8</td><td>50</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Dorsal-fin rays covered by spot</th><td>17</td><td>16</td><td>18</td><td>14</td><td>14</td><td>16.3</td><td>18</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>11.0</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>10.0</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>9</td><td>5</td><td>7.9</td><td>11</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><th>First dorsal fin ray in spot</th><td>25</td><td>30</td><td>25</td><td>29</td><td>25</td><td>27.3</td><td>30</td><td>4</td><td>21</td><td>22.1</td><td>23</td><td>7</td><td>21</td><td>21.8</td><td>23</td><td>5</td><td>22</td><td>19</td><td>22.1</td><td>26</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><th>Central-most ray in spot</th><td>33</td><td>38</td><td>34</td><td>36</td><td>33</td><td>35.3</td><td>38</td><td>4</td><td>25</td><td>27.4</td><td>29</td><td>7</td><td>25</td><td>26.8</td><td>28</td><td>5</td><td>26</td><td>23</td><td>25.8</td><td>29</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><th>Vertical-scale rows covered by spot</th><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>6.0</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0.03</td><td>1</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><th>Otolith characters</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>in % SL</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Otolith length</th><td>5.8</td><td>5.1</td><td>5.3</td><td>5.1</td><td>5.1</td><td>5.3</td><td>5.8</td><td>4</td><td>5.8</td><td>5.9</td><td>5.9</td><td>2</td><td>5.3</td><td>5.7</td><td>6.3</td><td>5</td><td>5.8</td><td>5.1</td><td>5.4</td><td>5.8</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>Otolith height</th><td>4.1</td><td>3.3</td><td>3.3</td><td>3.6</td><td>3.3</td><td>3.6</td><td>4.1</td><td>4</td><td>2.7</td><td>2.8</td><td>2.9</td><td>2</td><td>2.5</td><td>3.0</td><td>3.7</td><td>5</td><td>3.4</td><td>2.4</td><td>2.8</td><td>3.2</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>Sulcus length</th><td>4.7</td><td>3.9</td><td>3.7</td><td>3.6</td><td>3.6</td><td>4.0</td><td>4.7</td><td>4</td><td>4.7</td><td>4.7</td><td>4.8</td><td>2</td><td>4.5</td><td>4.8</td><td>5.3</td><td>5</td><td>4.6</td><td>3.9</td><td>4.3</td><td>4.7</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>Ostium length</th><td>3.5</td><td>2.7</td><td>2.6</td><td>2.5</td><td>2.5</td><td>2.8</td><td>3.5</td><td>4</td><td>3.1</td><td>3.2</td><td>3.3</td><td>2</td><td>2.9</td><td>3.2</td><td>3.4</td><td>5</td><td>3.2</td><td>2.7</td><td>3.0</td><td>3.2</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th colspan="8">Ostium height 1.01 0.82 0.72 0.71 0.71 0.81 1.01</th><td>4</td><td colspan="2">0.63 0.63</td><td>0.64</td><td>2</td><td colspan="2">0.59 0.63</td><td>0.71</td><td>5</td><td>0.72</td><td>0.56</td><td>0.64</td><td>0.73</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>in % sulcus length</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Ostium length</th><td>74</td><td>68</td><td>69</td><td>70</td><td>68</td><td>70.2</td><td>74</td><td>4</td><td>66</td><td>68.1</td><td>70</td><td>2</td><td>64</td><td>66.5</td><td>69</td><td>5</td><td>70</td><td>67</td><td>69.4</td><td>75</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>Ostium height</th><td>21</td><td>21</td><td>19</td><td>20</td><td>19</td><td>20.3</td><td>21</td><td>4</td><td>13</td><td>13.4</td><td>14</td><td>2</td><td>11</td><td>13.4</td><td>15</td><td>5</td><td>16</td><td>14</td><td>14.9</td><td>18</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>in % ostium length</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Ostium height</th><td>29</td><td>30</td><td>28</td><td>28</td><td>28</td><td>28.9</td><td>30</td><td>4</td><td>19</td><td>19.6</td><td>20</td><td>2</td><td>17</td><td>20.1</td><td>23</td><td>5</td><td>23</td><td>20</td><td>21.4</td><td>24</td><td>6</td></tr></tbody></table> |
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| spellingShingle | TABLE 2 in Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups Uiblein, Franz Nielsen, Jørgen G. Biodiversity Taxonomy <p><b>TABLE 2.</b> Meristic, morphometric, quantitative colour, and otolith characters in <i>N. superocellatus</i> <b>n. sp.</b> types and the three other <i>australiensis</i> group species.</p><table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th colspan="5"><i>N. superocellatus</i> <b>n. sp.</b></th><th></th><th></th><th colspan="3"><i>N. australiensis</i></th><th></th><th colspan="3"><i>N. nigriventris</i></th><th></th><th></th><th colspan="3"><i>N. unimaculatus</i></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th></th><td colspan="4">Individual types</td><td></td><td colspan="2">All types</td><td></td><td colspan="3">NW Australia</td><td></td><td colspan="3">NE Australia</td><td></td><td>Coral Sea</td><td colspan="4">W Australia to Japan</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>HT</td><td colspan="3">Paratypes</td><td colspan="4">Min Mean Max <i>n</i></td><td>Min</td><td>Mean</td><td>Max</td><td><i>n</i></td><td>Min</td><td>Mean</td><td>Max</td><td><i>n</i></td><td><i>n</i> =1</td><td>Min</td><td>Mean</td><td>Max</td><td><i>n</i></td></tr><tr><th>SL (in mm)</th><td>95</td><td>98</td><td>90</td><td>79</td><td>79</td><td>90.5</td><td>98</td><td>4</td><td>180</td><td>204.6</td><td>245</td><td>7</td><td>61</td><td>155.5</td><td>238</td><td>47</td><td>130</td><td>95</td><td>162.7</td><td>235</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Meristic characters</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Dorsal-fin rays</th><td colspan="4">103 104 98 102</td><td>98</td><td colspan="2">101.8 104</td><td>4</td><td>88</td><td>90.6</td><td>92</td><td>7</td><td>90</td><td>92.7</td><td>95</td><td>37</td><td>92</td><td>90</td><td>93.5</td><td>99</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><th>Caudal-fin rays</th><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8.0</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>8.0</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>8.0</td><td>8</td><td>29</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8.0</td><td>8</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><th>Anal-fin rays</th><td>85</td><td>86</td><td>88</td><td>85</td><td>85</td><td>86.0</td><td>88</td><td>4</td><td>73</td><td>74.6</td><td>77</td><td>7</td><td>74</td><td>76.4</td><td>79</td><td>37</td><td>78</td><td>73</td><td>76.8</td><td>81</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><th>Pectoral-fin rays</th><td>-</td><td>26</td><td>-</td><td>27</td><td>26</td><td>26.5</td><td>27</td><td>2</td><td>26</td><td>26.6</td><td>27</td><td>5</td><td>23</td><td>24.7</td><td>26</td><td>26</td><td>28</td><td>27</td><td>27.9</td><td>30</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><th>Precaudal vertebrae</th><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>-</td><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>13.0</td><td>13</td><td>3</td><td>13</td><td>13.0</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>12</td><td>13.0</td><td>13</td><td>37</td><td>13</td><td>12</td><td>13.0</td><td>13</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Total vertebrae</th><td>58</td><td>59</td><td>-</td><td>60</td><td>58</td><td>59.0</td><td>60</td><td>3</td><td>53</td><td>53.1</td><td>54</td><td>7</td><td>52</td><td>53.8</td><td>56</td><td>37</td><td>53</td><td>53</td><td>54.5</td><td>57</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Pseudobranchial filaments</th><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4.0</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>8.8</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>5.7</td><td>8</td><td>29</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>6.2</td><td>8</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><th>Dorsal-fin origin above vertebra nr.</th><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>-</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>5.3</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>5.3</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>5.0</td><td>6</td><td>37</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>5.1</td><td>6</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Anal-fin origin below dorsal fin ray nr. 20</th><td>21</td><td>21</td><td>18</td><td>18</td><td>20.0</td><td>21</td><td>4</td><td>21</td><td>21.9</td><td>23</td><td>7</td><td>18</td><td>19.9</td><td>21</td><td>37</td><td>22</td><td>17</td><td>19.9</td><td>22</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Anal-fin origin below vertebra nr.</th><td>15</td><td>15</td><td>-</td><td>14</td><td>14</td><td>14.7</td><td>15</td><td>3</td><td>15</td><td>16.1</td><td>17</td><td>7</td><td>14</td><td>14.8</td><td>15</td><td>37</td><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>15.2</td><td>16</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Developed gill rakers</th><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>14</td><td>14.5</td><td>15</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>9.9</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>10.1</td><td>12</td><td>38</td><td>10</td><td>8</td><td>9.4</td><td>12</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Total gillrakers</th><td>22</td><td>22</td><td>21</td><td>20</td><td>20</td><td>21.3</td><td>22</td><td>4</td><td>16</td><td>17.0</td><td>18</td><td>4</td><td>16</td><td>17.9</td><td>20</td><td>25</td><td>18</td><td>17</td><td>17.3</td><td>18</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><th>Morphometric characters</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>in % SL</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Head length</th><td>21</td><td>22</td><td>21</td><td>21</td><td>21</td><td>21.0</td><td>22</td><td>4</td><td>23</td><td>24.1</td><td>25</td><td>7</td><td>21</td><td>22.3</td><td>24</td><td>44</td><td>23</td><td>21</td><td>22.6</td><td>25</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Body depth at anal-fin origin</th><td>15</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>16</td><td>15</td><td>16.6</td><td>18</td><td>4</td><td>18</td><td>18.3</td><td>19</td><td>7</td><td>16</td><td>17.4</td><td>20</td><td>37</td><td>19</td><td>15</td><td>17.5</td><td>19</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Upper-jaw length</th><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>10.7</td><td>11</td><td>4</td><td>12</td><td>12.7</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>11</td><td>11.6</td><td>12</td><td>25</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>11.6</td><td>13</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><th>Orbit length</th><td>5.1</td><td>4.8</td><td>4.8</td><td>4.6</td><td>4.6</td><td>4.8</td><td>5.1</td><td>4</td><td>4.2</td><td>4.5</td><td>4.7</td><td>7</td><td>4.0</td><td>4.7</td><td>5.5</td><td>24</td><td>4.5</td><td>4.0</td><td>4.6</td><td>5.4</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Preanal distance</th><td>41</td><td>43</td><td>45</td><td>39</td><td>39</td><td>42.3</td><td>45</td><td>4</td><td>43</td><td>46.8</td><td>49</td><td>7</td><td>38</td><td>42.2</td><td>47</td><td>25</td><td>45</td><td>40</td><td>43.7</td><td>48</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><th>Predorsal distance</th><td>25</td><td>23</td><td>24</td><td>23</td><td>23</td><td>23.9</td><td>25</td><td>4</td><td>25</td><td>26.3</td><td>28</td><td>7</td><td>24</td><td>24.9</td><td>26</td><td>26</td><td>24</td><td>24</td><td>25.8</td><td>27</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Pelvic-fin to anal-fin origin distance</th><td>26</td><td>27</td><td>26</td><td>25</td><td>25</td><td>26.2</td><td>27</td><td>4</td><td>25</td><td>27.8</td><td>29</td><td>7</td><td>22</td><td>25.8</td><td>30</td><td>37</td><td>27</td><td>23</td><td>27.0</td><td>32</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><th>Pelvic-fin length</th><td>14</td><td>12</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>11</td><td>12.2</td><td>14</td><td>4</td><td>14</td><td>15.9</td><td>19</td><td>7</td><td>16</td><td>20.3</td><td>24</td><td>36</td><td>18</td><td>12</td><td>16.7</td><td>20</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Gill-filament length</th><td>1.4</td><td>1.2</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.8</td><td>1.1</td><td>1.4</td><td>4</td><td>1.6</td><td>1.7</td><td>1.8</td><td>7</td><td>1.4</td><td>1.6</td><td>1.9</td><td>30</td><td>1.2</td><td>1.2</td><td>1.8</td><td>2.2</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><th>Postorbital distance</th><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>11.0</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>12.4</td><td>13</td><td>4</td><td>14</td><td>14.6</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>12</td><td>13.4</td><td>14</td><td>24</td><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>13.7</td><td>15</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><th>in % HL</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Upper-jaw length</th><td>53</td><td>48</td><td>52</td><td>50</td><td>48</td><td>50.8</td><td>53</td><td>4</td><td>48</td><td>52.7</td><td>54</td><td>7</td><td>47</td><td>52.0</td><td>55</td><td>25</td><td>51</td><td>48</td><td>51.3</td><td>55</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><th>Orbit length</th><td>24</td><td>22</td><td colspan="2">22.5 22</td><td>22</td><td>22.8</td><td>24</td><td>4</td><td>17</td><td>18.8</td><td>19</td><td>7</td><td>17</td><td>21.3</td><td>25</td><td>24</td><td>20</td><td>18</td><td>20.3</td><td>24</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><th>Gill-filament length</th><td>6.6</td><td>5.7</td><td>5.8</td><td>3.7</td><td>3.7</td><td>5.4</td><td>6.6</td><td>4</td><td>6.7</td><td>7.1</td><td>7.4</td><td>7</td><td>6.4</td><td>7.3</td><td>8.7</td><td>30</td><td>5.0</td><td>5.0</td><td>7.8</td><td>9.7</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><th>Postorbital distance</th><td>64</td><td>60</td><td>53</td><td>59</td><td>53</td><td>59.0</td><td>64</td><td>4</td><td>59</td><td>60.5</td><td>62</td><td>7</td><td>55</td><td>60.1</td><td>63</td><td>24</td><td>55</td><td>55</td><td>60.4</td><td>65</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><th>Central ocellus characters</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Snout tip to ocellus spot distance % SL 51</th><td>54</td><td>54</td><td>52</td><td>51</td><td>52.6</td><td>54</td><td>4</td><td>44</td><td>47.1</td><td>49</td><td>7</td><td>42</td><td>45.1</td><td>47</td><td>44</td><td>43</td><td>43</td><td>45.8</td><td>50</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><th>Dorsal-fin rays covered by spot</th><td>17</td><td>16</td><td>18</td><td>14</td><td>14</td><td>16.3</td><td>18</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>11.0</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>10.0</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>9</td><td>5</td><td>7.9</td><td>11</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><th>First dorsal fin ray in spot</th><td>25</td><td>30</td><td>25</td><td>29</td><td>25</td><td>27.3</td><td>30</td><td>4</td><td>21</td><td>22.1</td><td>23</td><td>7</td><td>21</td><td>21.8</td><td>23</td><td>5</td><td>22</td><td>19</td><td>22.1</td><td>26</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><th>Central-most ray in spot</th><td>33</td><td>38</td><td>34</td><td>36</td><td>33</td><td>35.3</td><td>38</td><td>4</td><td>25</td><td>27.4</td><td>29</td><td>7</td><td>25</td><td>26.8</td><td>28</td><td>5</td><td>26</td><td>23</td><td>25.8</td><td>29</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><th>Vertical-scale rows covered by spot</th><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>6.0</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0.03</td><td>1</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><th>Otolith characters</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>in % SL</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Otolith length</th><td>5.8</td><td>5.1</td><td>5.3</td><td>5.1</td><td>5.1</td><td>5.3</td><td>5.8</td><td>4</td><td>5.8</td><td>5.9</td><td>5.9</td><td>2</td><td>5.3</td><td>5.7</td><td>6.3</td><td>5</td><td>5.8</td><td>5.1</td><td>5.4</td><td>5.8</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>Otolith height</th><td>4.1</td><td>3.3</td><td>3.3</td><td>3.6</td><td>3.3</td><td>3.6</td><td>4.1</td><td>4</td><td>2.7</td><td>2.8</td><td>2.9</td><td>2</td><td>2.5</td><td>3.0</td><td>3.7</td><td>5</td><td>3.4</td><td>2.4</td><td>2.8</td><td>3.2</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>Sulcus length</th><td>4.7</td><td>3.9</td><td>3.7</td><td>3.6</td><td>3.6</td><td>4.0</td><td>4.7</td><td>4</td><td>4.7</td><td>4.7</td><td>4.8</td><td>2</td><td>4.5</td><td>4.8</td><td>5.3</td><td>5</td><td>4.6</td><td>3.9</td><td>4.3</td><td>4.7</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>Ostium length</th><td>3.5</td><td>2.7</td><td>2.6</td><td>2.5</td><td>2.5</td><td>2.8</td><td>3.5</td><td>4</td><td>3.1</td><td>3.2</td><td>3.3</td><td>2</td><td>2.9</td><td>3.2</td><td>3.4</td><td>5</td><td>3.2</td><td>2.7</td><td>3.0</td><td>3.2</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th colspan="8">Ostium height 1.01 0.82 0.72 0.71 0.71 0.81 1.01</th><td>4</td><td colspan="2">0.63 0.63</td><td>0.64</td><td>2</td><td colspan="2">0.59 0.63</td><td>0.71</td><td>5</td><td>0.72</td><td>0.56</td><td>0.64</td><td>0.73</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>in % sulcus length</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Ostium length</th><td>74</td><td>68</td><td>69</td><td>70</td><td>68</td><td>70.2</td><td>74</td><td>4</td><td>66</td><td>68.1</td><td>70</td><td>2</td><td>64</td><td>66.5</td><td>69</td><td>5</td><td>70</td><td>67</td><td>69.4</td><td>75</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>Ostium height</th><td>21</td><td>21</td><td>19</td><td>20</td><td>19</td><td>20.3</td><td>21</td><td>4</td><td>13</td><td>13.4</td><td>14</td><td>2</td><td>11</td><td>13.4</td><td>15</td><td>5</td><td>16</td><td>14</td><td>14.9</td><td>18</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th>in % ostium length</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Ostium height</th><td>29</td><td>30</td><td>28</td><td>28</td><td>28</td><td>28.9</td><td>30</td><td>4</td><td>19</td><td>19.6</td><td>20</td><td>2</td><td>17</td><td>20.1</td><td>23</td><td>5</td><td>23</td><td>20</td><td>21.4</td><td>24</td><td>6</td></tr></tbody></table> |
| title | TABLE 2 in Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups |
| topic | Biodiversity Taxonomy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15137239 |