A new species of the genus Enneapterygius (Perciformes: Tripterygiidae) from Japan and the Philippines, with a synopsis and synonymy of related species Author Dewa, Yuna 0000-0002-8512-6782 Graduate School of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kagoshima University, 1 - 21 - 24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890 - 0065, Japan. k2533560@kadai.jp Author Tashiro, Satokuni Yaeyama Field Station, Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 148 Fukai-Ohta, Ishigaki, Okinawa 907 - 0451, Japan. Author Motomura, Hiroyuki 0000-0002-7448-2482 The Kagoshima University Museum, 1 - 21 - 30 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890 - 0065, Japan. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-17 5374 3 333 360 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5374.3.2/52293 journal article 278751 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.3.2 ff275bc8-83fd-4930-8393-4292023a9092 1175-5326 10150204 D8FF43DE-4A2F-4E72-A621-B0A11EEACE72

TABLE 7. Frequency distribution of selected scale counts for five species of Enneapterygius

				Pored lateral-line scales
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			11	12	13	14	15
E. gracilis	(left side)	n = 8		2H	6
	(right side)	n = 8		1H	7
E. minutus	(left side)	n = 82		7	60L	14	1
	(right side)	n = 84	1	9	64L	10
E. nanus	(left side)	n = 5		2H	3
	(right side)	n = 6		1	5H
E. olivaceus n. sp.	(left side)	n = 26		5	20H	1
	(right side)	n = 25		5H	18	2
E. philippinus	(left side)	n = 1				1L
	(right side)	n = 1					1L
				Notched lateral-line scales
			17	18	19 20	21	22
E. gracilis	(left side)	n = 4			1	3H
	(right side)	n = 7			1 1	2H	3
E. minutus	(left side)	n = 70		3	13 34L	18	2
	(right side)	n = 71	1	6	10 37L	16	1
E. nanus	(left side)	n = 3			2	1H
	(right side)	n = 4			1H 1	2
E. olivaceus n. sp.	(left side)	n = 24		4	3 9H	8
	(right side)	n = 21		2	5 8H	4	2
E. philippinus	(left side)	n = 1			1L
				Scale rows in longitudinal series
			29	30	31 32	33	34
E. gracilis	(left side)	n = 10			1 3H	3	3
	(right side)	n = 10			3H	4	3
E. minutus	(left side)	n = 91	2	1	20 47	17L	4
	(right side)	n = 84		3	17 47L	14	3
E. nanus	(left side)	n = 4			1H 2	1
	(right side)	n = 6			1H	4
E. olivaceus n. sp.	(left side)	n = 27		3	16H 8
	(right side)	n = 26		3	15H 8
E. philippinus	(left side)	n = 1			1L
			Scales above 1st pored lateral-line scale
			1	1.5	2	2.5	3
E. gracilis	(left side)	n = 7			6H	1
	(right side)	n = 6			5H	1
E. minutus	(left side)	n = 69	48		17L	1	3
	(right side)	n = 65	44		17L	1	3
E. nanus	(left side)	n = 4	1	1	2H
	(right side)	n = 5	1	2	2H
E. olivaceus n. sp.	(left side)	n = 25	1		20H	1	3
	(right side)	n = 24	1		20H	1	2
			Scales below 1st notched lateral-line scale
			2	2.5	3	3.5	4
E. gracilis	(left side)	n = 6			3H	3
	(right side)	n = 6			5H	1
E. minutus	(left side)	n = 84	2	4	76H	1	1
	(right side)	n = 81	1	6	72H	1	1
E. nanus	(left side)	n = 4	3	1H
	(right side)	n = 4	3	1H
E. olivaceus n. sp.	(left side)	n = 25	15	4	6H
	(right side)	n = 25	16	4	5H
E. philippinus	(left side)	n = 1			1L
	(right side)	n = 1	1L