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 6. Morphometrics and meristics for A. mesotrema.

Holotype (HT)		Neotype	Other material
			Mean ± SD	Range	n
SL (in mm) ≤ 63.5		61.9	53.3 ± 11.6	25.6–83.3	147
% in Standard Length
Body Depth		27.3	29.1 ± 1.2	26.3–32	133
Head Length ≤ 33.3		30.7	31.2 ± 1.3	23.5–35.2	125
Postorbit		14.5	13.9 ± 0.6	12.2–15.4	135
Orbit		8.6	8.8 ± 0.8	6.8–13.5	89
Caudal Depth		15.2	14.4 ± 0.8	12.1–16.2	132
Predorsal Length		35.7	45.6 ± 1.5	42.3–49.4	83
% in Head Length
Body Depth		30	93.5 ± 6.5	80.1–130.1	128
Postorbital		47.4	44.7 ± 2.6	37.8–60.9	128
Orbit		27.9	28 ± 1.9	21–35.3	90
% in Maximum Body Depth
Caudal Depth		55.6	49.7 ± 2.7	44.7–71.8	138
Predorsal Length		155	155.8 ± 8.2	139.9–175	83
Orbit		31.4	30.1 ± 3.3	23.3–47.4	95
% in Predorsal Length
Head Length		72.5	68.2 ± 2.9	52.8–73.5	83
% in Postorbit
Orbit		58.9	62.4 ± 5.7	49.1–97.9	95
% in Interorbit
Orbit		93	91.9 ± 8.9	69.5–127.8	79
Meristics
Dorsal Spines	3	3	3 ± 0.2	3–4	173
Dorsal Rays	8	11	11.3 ± 0.5	10–12	156
Anal Spines	3	3	2.7 ± 0.4	2–3	173
Anal Rays	7	6	6.3 ± 0.5	4–8	163
Pectoral Rays		12	11.3 ± 0.5	10–12	67
Lateral Scales 45		48	48.9 ± 2.3	43–55	129
Scale rows above lateral line		9	9.8 ± 0.6	9–11	167
Caudal Peduncle Scales		30	33.1 ± 2	30–38	84