Review of the Pareques acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) species complex with revalidation of Pareques lineatus (Cuvier, 1830) from the Western Atlantic (Percomorphacea: Sciaenidae) Author Carvalho-Filho, Alfredo Fish Bizz Ltd. Rua Dona Maria D. N. Garcez, 39, 05424 - 070, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Author Oliveira, Claudio 0000-0002-4143-7212 Laboratorio de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. claudio. oliveira @ unesp. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4143 - 7212 claudio.oliveira@unesp.br Author Maximiano, Loriane 0000-0002-7584-9653 Laboratorio de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. lori. maximiano @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7584 - 9653 lori.maximiano@gmail.com Author Tavera, Jose Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Author Acero, Arturo 0000-0002-6637-9901 Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias del Mar (Cecimar), Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Caribe, Santa Marta, Colombia. aacerop @ unal. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6637 - 9901 aacerop@unal.edu.co Author Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires 0000-0003-4286-0482 Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, CCEN, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, 58051 - 900, Joao Pessoa, PB, Brazil. (APM). a _ marceniuk @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4286 - 0482 & Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, 66040 - 170, Belém, PA, Brazil. a_marceniuk@hotmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-10-14 5195 5 401 418 journal article 169756 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.5.1 66b55088-787b-47f1-8706-14aed236b854 1175-5326 7223667 A064A368-B45D-48B9-B174-81CBF8A9E8F9

TABLE 2. Morphometric and meristic data of adult Pareques acuminatus and P. lineatus.

	Pareques acuminatus			Pareques lineatus
	N	Mean	Range	N	Mean	Range
Proportions in SL
Standard length (mm)	21		59–143	30		70–161
Head length		32.7	28.9–39.0		30.6	27.1–34.8
Head depth					34.7	33.4–35.9
Post-orbital length					17.0	14.0–21.7
Orbital diameter		9.7	8.4–13.3		8.9	8.1–10.0
Interorbital distance		7.9	6.6–10.0		7.7	6.7–9.2
Snout length		8.6	7.4–11.7		7.2	5.3–8.9
Mouth width					9.7	8.4–12.2
Body depth		38.8	34.1–41.2		35.9	33.2–38.8
Body width					16.9	13.9–19.7
Distance from snout to dorsal fin		36.5	33.7–43.3		28.4	22.7–38.5
Dorsal-fin length		25.6	16.8–36.7		22.4	15.9–31.3
Dorsal-fin base length		11.7	9.8–15.3		11.6	9.6–13.5
Distance from snout to pectoral fin		31.1	27.5–33.9		27.9	24.8–29.8
Pectoral-fin length		22.5	19.8–24.0		23.7	20.8–33.5
Distance from snout to pelvic fin					31.1	29.8–32.9
Pelvic-fin length		24.7	22.0–28.8		22.1	20.4–25.7
Distance from snout to anal fin		69.4	63.3–80.0		67.4	64.2–71.6
Anal-fin length		14.3	11.1–17.1		11.6	9.5–13.3
Anal-fin base length		10.5	8.9–13.6		9.5	8.2–10.9
Caudal-peduncle height		9.7	8.8–11.7		8.9	7.8–10.2
Caudal-peduncle length					26.1	21.8–29.2
Meristics
Dorsal-fin spines		10	9–11		10	10–10
Dorsal-fin rays		38	36–40		39	37–40
Anal-fin spines		2	2–2		2	2–2
Anal-fin rays		7	7–7		7	7–7
Pectoral-fin rays		16	16–16		16	15–18
First arch gill rakers		15	12–17		14	12–15
Second arch gill rakers		13	12–15		12	9–14
Scales above lateral line		6	6–6		8	8–9
Scales below lateral line		8	8–8		9	9–10