Redescription of Lestidiops distans (Ege, 1953) and comments on Lestidiops cadenati (Maul, 1962) from the eastern Atlantic Ocean (Teleostei: Aulopiformes)
Author
Ho, Hsuan-Ching
National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan & Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan & Department and Graduate Institution of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan & Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
Author
Tsai, Sung-Yu
College of Marine Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-06-22
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.4.5
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TABLE 1. Morphometric data of Lestidiops distans and holotype of L. cadenati. Reference data are taken from Ege (1953) and Maul (1962). | | Lestidiops distans | | L. cadenati |
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| Ege, 1953 | Maul, 1962 | This study | | Maul, 1962 |
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| SL (mm) | 39.5 | 209.5 | 206‒237 (n=15) | SD | 82.5 |
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| In % SL |
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| HL | 18.2 | 21.2 | 22.1 (21.1‒23.6) | 0.8 | 20.6 |
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| Pectoral-fin length | - | - | 8.2 (7.0‒8.9) | 0.6 | - |
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| Predorsal length | 60.3 | 61.3 | 61.9 (60.8‒63.2) | 0.8 | 59.4 |
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| Prepelvic length | 57.2 | 57.0 | 57.4 (55.0‒59.1) | 1.1 | 53.3 |
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| Preanal length | 72.9 | 79.5 | 79.6 (78.2‒81.9) | 1.0 | 77.6 |
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| V‒A | 22.0 | 22.5 | 22.2 (20.3‒24.1) | 1.2 | 24.2 |
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| V‒D | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 (3.3‒5.7) | 0.9 | 6.1 |
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| D‒A | 19.0 | 18.2 | 17.7 (16.3‒20.4) | 1.0 | 18.2 |
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| Anal-fin base | 15.7 | 13.4 | 14.9 (13.6‒16.7) | 0.8 | 15.8 |
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| Dorsal-fin base | 4.6 | - | 4.2 (3.7‒4.6) | 0.3 | 4.8 |
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| Eye diameter | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 (3.3‒4.2) | 0.2 | 4.1 |
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| Snout length | 8.4 | 9.5 | 10 (9.5‒10.7) | 0.4 | 8.7 |
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| Interorbital width | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 (2.1‒2.9) | 0.2 | 3.0 |
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| Upper jaw | 9.1 | - | 9.4 (8.7‒10.1) | 0.4 | - |
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| Lower jaw | - | - | 12.5 (12.2‒13.4) | 0.3 | - |
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| Head depth | - | - | 6.4 (6.0‒6.7) | 0.2 | - |
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| Body depth at pectoral-fin base | 7.6 | 9.3 | 7.2 (6.3‒7.9) | 0.5 | 6.9 |
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| Caudal-peduncular depth | - | 2.6 | 2.8 (2.3‒3.1) | 0.2 | - |
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| Caudal-peduncular length | 5.8 | - | 5.7 (5.3‒5.9) | 0.3 | - |
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| V‒D in %V‒A | 10.3 | 28.3 | 27.9 (25.6‒29.9) | 1.3 | 31.3 |
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| In % HL |
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| Eye diameter | 19.4 | 14.6 | 16.8 (15.2‒18.4) | 1.0 | 20.0 |
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| Snout length | 45.8 | 44.8 | 45.4 (43.9‒47.0) | 1.1 | 42.4 |
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| Interorbital width | 19.4 | 11.3 | 11.1 (9.4‒13.0) | 1.0 | 14.7 |
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| Upper jaw | 50.0 | - | 42.5 (40.2‒44.9) | 1.6 | - |
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| lower jaw | - | - | 56.7 (54.4‒59.2) | 1.7 | - |
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| Head depth | - | - | 28.9 (26.9‒31.3) | 1.3 | - |
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