First adult record of Uncisudis advena (Rofen, 1963) from northwestern Australia (Family Paralepididae) Author Ho, Hsuan-Ching 0000-0003-1154-601X Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, National Institutes of Applied Research, Kaohsiung, Taiwan & Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia ogcoho@gmail.com Author Pogonoski, John J. Australian National Fish Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia text Zootaxa 2025 2025-08-06 5673 3 424 430 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.3.6 journal article 312044 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.3.6 bd8e93d8-4f41-4cd3-b741-c6187cc66854 1175-5326 16982405 8D1C2338-EB68-4BC2-A34E-E82B15C7A3EC

TABLE 2. Meristic data of Uncisudis advena, with data of types adopted from Rofen (1963, 1966). *Count from the holotype by us.

	CSIRO H 3081-03	All types (n=6)
Dorsal-fin rays	9	10
Anal-fin rays	30	30–31
Pectoral-fin rays	13	12–13
Pelvic-fin rays	-	9
Lateral-line scales
Prepelvic	ca. 30/31	35*
Predorsal	29/30	35*
Preanal	45/46	ca. 47*
Total	71 (55+16)	57–60
Vertebrae
Prehaemal	34	37*
Prepelvic	31	35*
Predorsal	30	34*
Preanal	46	48*
Caudal	43	43*
Total	77	75–78 [81*]
Gill rakers
Epibranchial	14	1–2
Ceratobranchial	19	16–22
Hypobranchial	11	0
Total	44	-