A review of the Heteroclinus heptaeolus complex (Pisces: Blennioidei: Clinidae), with three new species and discussion of use of proportions in taxonomic studies Author Hoese, Douglass F. 0000-0003-4380-5450 Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia Author Hay, Amanda 0000-0002-1335-2342 Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia Author Dibattista, Joseph D. 0000-0002-5696-7574 Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia text Zootaxa 2024 2024-04-02 5432 3 301 348 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5432.3.1 journal article 292247 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.3.1 9f1bcd58-2ab4-4d2b-ab4b-7f3dd3e29405 1175-5326 10906573 CD1175FB-4CDA-4629-8E6F-75410C302915

TABLE 4. Total number of gill rakers on outer face of first gill arch of species in the Heteroclinus heptaeolus complex. An asterisk indicates count of holotype or neotype.

	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Mean	Variance
H. colemani	-	-	-	-	5*	8	-	10.6	0.256
H. heptaeolus	2	15	94*	29	3	-	-	8.1	0.438
H. longicauda	-	-	3	11	9*	1	-	8.9	3.297
H. whitleyi	-	-	2	2*	42	37	10	10.6	0.642
H. wilsoni	-	-	-	3	6	26*	4	10.8	0.536