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 5. Morphometrics and meristics for A. gibbosus.

Holotype (HT)		Other material
*Counts from Lesueur in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833 as we could not determine these from the photograph.
		Mean ± SD	Range	n
SL (in mm)	67	52.5 ± 13	22–86.5	294
% in Standard Length
Body Depth	26.7	30.6 ± 1.8	25.9–35.9	276
Head Length	29.5	32.8 ± 1.5	28.5–40.8	268
Postorbital	15.1	16.4 ± 0.8	14.4–20.5	287
Orbit	7.4	7.8 ± 0.6	6.3–9.6	217
Caudal Depth	14.6	15.6 ± 1	12.6–18.5	270
Predorsal Length	43.1	45.6 ± 1.7	41.2–50.8	204
% in Head Length
Body Depth	90.3	93.7 ± 6.5	70.9–112.7	269
Postorbital	51.2	50.3 ± 2.3	39.9–57.4	269
Orbit	25.2	23.9 ± 1.8	19.5–29.2	215
% in Maximum Body Depth
Caudal Depth	54.7	51.1 ± 2.4	44.3–57.6	277
Predorsal Length	161.4	149 ± 10.4	121–179.4	204
Orbit	27.9	25.4 ± 2.7	19.1–32	221
% in Predorsal Length
Head Length	68.6	71.6 ± 3.1	64.6–81.4	204
% in Postorbital
Orbit	49.1	47.5 ± 4.5	38.1–65	221
% in Interorbit
Orbit	-	77.8 ± 7.8	60–107.3	206
Meristics
Dorsal Spines	3*	3 ± 0.1	3–4	340
Dorsal Rays	11*	11.2 ± 0.6	9–13	285
Anal Spines	3*	2.5 ± 0.5	2–3	340
Anal Rays	7*	6.2 ± 0.6	2–8	327
Pectoral Rays	12*	11.1 ± 0.6	9–13	164
Lateral Scales	45–50*	47.4 ± 2.4	41–54	250
Scale Rows	-	9.2 ± 0.6	8–11	293
Caudal Peduncle Scales	-	35.1 ± 2.4	28–40	180