A new species of Muraenichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan with redescription of Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan & Richardson, 1908 Author Hibino, Yusuke Author Ho, Hsuan-Ching Author Mccosker, John E. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-12-04 4702 1 41 48 journal article 24726 10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.9 edb887df-0e4c-4d20-b473-c0aae362a934 1175-5326 3562867 1BDE8069-8211-4772-B9D6-CD7492DE8FA5

TABLE 1. Counts and measurements of Muraenichthys thompsoni.

	Holotype SU 20201	Syntypes of Muraenichthys malabonensis * (n =4)	Other specimens (n =63)
Total length (mm)	96	117–193	48–267 (134.1)
Counts
Lateral-line pores before anus	-	-	42–46 (44.1, 27)
Predorsal vertebrae	29	-	24–32 (27.4, 56)
Preanal vertebrae	43	-	42–46 (43.9, 56)
Total vertebrae	131	-	128–138 (134.1, 56)
Measurements
As % of total length
Head length	15	13–15 (14.0)	12–15 (13.6, 33)
Trunk length	27	26	23–27 (24.7, 33)
Tail length	57	60–62 (60.3)	59–64 (61.5, 33)
Predorsal length	30	-	20–29 (26.0, 33)
Body depth at gill opening	3.8	-	2.5–4.7 (3.9, 27)
Body width at gill opening	2.6	-	1.5–3.4 (2.4, 27)
As % of trunk length
Dorsal-fin origin to anus	46	ca. 50	42–64 (49.7, 33)
As % of head length
Dorsal-fin origin to anus	82	-	72–116 (90.3, 33)
Upper-jaw length	-	-	35–46 (39.9, 33)
Length of mouth gape	26	29–38 (31.9)	24–33 (29.6, 33)
Snout length	11	-	9.5–15 (12.0, 33)
Eye diameter	10	7.1–9.1 (8.3)	6.6–9.9 (8.2, 33)
Interorbital width	7.5	-	5.0–11 (8.8, 33)
Gill-opening length	4.8	-	3.1–11 (6.2, 33)