Integrative taxonomy reveals unanticipated hidden diversity in the monotypic goosefish genus Lophiomus (Teleostei, Lophiidae), with description of three new species and resurrection of Chirolophius laticeps Ogilby, 1910 Author Chen, Hsuan-Pu CA33BB9B-9BDC-4497-9768-AD750874E7C4 Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan. pooh890510@gmail.com Author Lee, Mao-Ying 761CF9F8-ABD7-4DA5-9326-D4160526731C Marine Fisheries Division, Fisheries Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 199 Hou-Ih Road, Keelung 202008, Taiwan. coleopetera@gmail.com Author Chen, Wei-Jen 4D399FDB-F893-422E-A8A2-ACC18F40FCFD Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan. wjchen.actinops@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-07-15 943 239 287 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2599 journal article 300293 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2599 f993942a-74d3-41ef-a442-f0b30598e0c2 2118-9773 12806098 4EEAB64C-EB8D-4208-9EE2-76FA07201EED

Table 6. Frequency distribution of left (upper row) and right (lower row) pectoral-fin rays and vertebrae meristic counts of species of Lophiomus Gill, 1883 described in this study. The star mark indicates the count of the name-bearing type. Abbreviations: Mean = arithmetic mean of meristic counts; N = number of examined specimens.

				Pectoral-fin rays						Vertebrae
	N	Mean	21	22	23	24	25	26	N	Mean	18	19	20
Lm. setigerus	13 13	22.1 21.9	1 2	10* 10*	2 1				4	18.25	3	1*
Lm. laticeps stat. rev.	3 3	24.3 24.3				2* 2*	1 1		3	18.3	2*	1
Lm. nigriventris sp. nov.	7 7	23.3 23.3			5* 5	2 2*			6	18	6*
Lm. carusoi sp. nov.	4 4	23.3 23.3			3* 3*	1 1			2	18	2*
Lm. immaculioralis sp. nov.	1 1	22 21	1*	1*					1	18	1*
Lp. indicus	1 2	23 22		2*	1*				2	18	2*