The taxonomic identity of the monocle bream Scolopsis vosmeri species complex (Perciformes: Nemipteridae), with comments on molecular phylogenetic relationships within the genus Scolopsis Author Russell, Barry C. Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, PO Box 4646, Darwin NT 0801, Australia. & School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Charles Darwin University, PO Box 40146, Casuarina NT 0811, Australia. Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a. M., Germany. Tilman. Alpermann @ senckenberg. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8723 - 4576 Author Bogorodsky, Sergey V. 0000-0002-8723-4576 Station of Naturalists, Omsk, Russia. lpermann@senckenberg.de Author Mal, Ahmad O. Marine Biology Department, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Marine Biology Department, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Author Bineesh, K. K. 0000-0001-9775-018X Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair- 744102, Andaman Islands, India. kkbineesh @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9775 - 018 X kkbineesh@gmail.com Author Alpermann, Tilman J. 0000-0002-8723-4576 lpermann@senckenberg.de text Zootaxa 2022 2022-03-07 5105 4 501 538 journal article 20321 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.4.3 75a36a22-3d52-4649-8f77-25a47110f692 1175-5326 6333936 09027BC7-79FA-4D0A-B7DE-B9965A7887A6

TABLE 1. Selected counts and morphometric data for Scolopsis curite, S. japonica and S. vosmeri. Modal counts and mean proportions are in brackets.

	Scolopsis vosmeri	Scolopsis japonica	Scolopsis curite
	n=52	n=69	n=49
SL (mm)	74.0–173.1	61.1–160.9	63.2–159.9
Counts
Lateral line scales	40–44 (42.0)	39–44 (42)	39–45 (42)
Scales above lateral line	3½–4½ (3½)	3½–4 (3½)	3½–4 (3½)
Scales below lateral line	13½–15½ (14)	13½–16½ (15½)	12½–15½ (14½)
Gill rakers (total)	8–13 (11)	8–12 (11)	9–12 (11)
Scale rows behind eye	3–4 (4)	2–6 (4)	3–4 (3)
Scale rows on preopercle	5–9 (6)	5–10 (8)	5–8 (8)
Scale rows on opercle	4–7 (5)	4–10 (7)	4–9 (5)
Pectoral fin rays	17–20 (19)	16–19 (18)	17–19 (18)
Proportions
Body depth (% SL)	36.9–51.1 (45.7)	38.6–50.9 (44.9)	38.9–49.2 (44.6)
Head length (% SL)	29.3–37.1 (32.0)	30.5–35.7 (33.2)	30.5–36.9 (34.0)
Base of dorsal fin (% SL)	55.4–62.8 (59.1)	55.2–63.9 (59.3)	54.5–62.2 (59.1)
Base of anal fin (% SL)	15.9–21.0 (18.0)	16.1–20.7 (18.7)	17.1–21.0 (18.3)
Pectoral fin length (% SL)	24.0–29.2 (26.3)	21.3–30.4 (26.1)	20.0–29.0 (26.5)
Pelvic fin length (% SL)	22.4–32.1 (25.9)	22.8–30.1 (26.2)	22.5–29.6 (25.9)
Snout length (% HL)	24.9–33.2 (29.1)	22.8–36.2 (28.7)	22.0–33.6 (27.9)
Eye diameter (% HL)	28.2–40.9 (33.7)	32.8–46.6 (38.5)	30.6–43.2 (36.9)
Interorbital width (% HL)	19.6–34.0 (25.3)	21.8–33.8 (27.0)	19.6–29.0 (24.6)
Snout length in eye	0.9–1.6 (1.2)	1.0–2.0 (1.4)	0.9–1.9 (1.3)
Interorbital width in eye	1.0–1.9 (1.4)	1.0–2.1 (1.4)	1.1–2.1 (1.5)
Suborbital depth in eye	1.8–4.4 (2.5)	1.3–4.5 (2.9)	1.7–3.9 (2.7)
Caudal–peduncle depth in peduncle length	0.7–1.7 (1.1)	0.5–1.2 (0.9)	0.7–1.2 (1.0)
First dorsal spine in longest dorsal spine	1.2–2.3 (1.9)	1.5–2.3 (1.8)	1.5–2.1 (1.8)
Longest dorsal spine in longest dorsal ray	0.9–1.3 (1.1)	0.8–1.2 (1.0)	0.9–1.1 (1.0)
First anal spine in second anal spine	1.4–2.5 (2.0)	1.4–2.4 (1.8)	1.5–2.2 (1.9)
Third anal spine in second anal spine	1.1–1.5 (1.3)	1.0–1.4 (1.2)	1.1–1.5 (1.3)