Taxonomic revision of the Pirate Perches, Aphredoderus, (Percopsiformes: Aphredoderidae) with descriptions of two new species Author Muller, Tyler A. Conservation Sciences Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA 55108 & Bell Museum of Natural History, St. Paul, MN, USA 55108 Author Simons, Andrew M. Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, St. Paul, MN, USA 55108 & Bell Museum of Natural History, St. Paul, MN, USA 55108 text Zootaxa 2024 2024-02-20 5415 1 77 105 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5415.1.3 journal article 289348 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.1.3 43fc3ae3-4edd-40a2-9d23-4869032a9457 1175-5326 10692602 4981E7AE-37FC-4619-BC55-1F89CB6A0F0B

TABLE 3. Meristic character distributions for five Aphredoderus species.

Lateral Scales																													Caudal Peduncle Scales								Pectoral Rays
	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	7	8	9	10	11	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	40	9	10	11	12	13
A. ornatus	1	2	7	13	17	35	37	29	36	21	9	5	5	1	2							39	215	38	3		3	25	47	50	14	4				2	102	32
A. sayanus					4	3	1	15	21	24	17	12	13	6	1	1						10	89	30					4	13	34	22	15	4	2	5	65	17	1
A. retrodorsalis				1		1	3	6	3	6	9	8	16	12	1	2	2	1					19	35	19	3			6	4	9	15	9	5	1		15	33	1
A. gibbosus							1	3	4	23	20	37	51	34	36	17	13	4	5	2			31	160	100	2			1	6	23	58	51	29	9	1	18	104	40	1
A. mesotrema									2	1	3	10	20	28	15	20	13	8	5	3	1			51	96	2				13	22	27	13	1			2	47	18