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 2. Meristic data of Lestidiops distans and holotype of L. cadenati. Reference data are taken from Ege (1953) and Maul (1962). * are data taken by us. | | Lestidiops distans | L. cadenati |
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| Ege, 1953 | Maul, 1962 | This study | Maul, 1962 |
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| Dorsal-fin rays | 11‒12 | 11 | 10‒11 | 10 |
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| Pectoral-fin rays | 12 | 12 | 13‒14 | 9 |
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| Pelvic-fin rays | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
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| Anal-fin rays | 26‒28 | 25 | 25‒27 | 25 |
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| PVLL | - | - | 32‒35 | 28/29* |
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| PDLL | - | - | 36‒39 | 33* |
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| PALL | - | - | 53‒57 | 52/51* |
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| TLL | - | 128;129 | 58‒67+63‒81=123‒145 | 83;84 |
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| GR | - | 15+15+7=37 | 12‒15+14‒17+9=35‒41 | 1+13+1=15 |
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| PVV | - | - | 34‒36 | - |
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| PDV | - | - | 37‒39 | - |
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| PHV | 38‒40 | - | 37‒39 | - |
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| PAV | - | - | 55‒57 | - |
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| CV | - | - | 43‒45 | - |
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| TV | 82‒84 | 83 | 81‒84 | 81 |
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