A southward range extension of the rockfish, Sebastes ventricosus (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae) to Matsu Islands, Taiwan Author Su, Yo Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Author Yang, Tsung-Yu Department of Fisheries Technology and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Author Lin, Chien-Hsiang Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan text Zootaxa 2025 2025-02-17 5588 3 465 475 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.3.5 journal article 308228 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.3.5 3e353f8a-8759-481e-b583-7bcfd49f0cfb 1175-5326 14896638 AD107C38-24D9-49D2-A389-2782325F7004

TABLE 2. Morphometric characters of Sebastes ventricosus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843. Data of other specimens were retrieved from Kai & Nakabo (2008). Abbreviations: AS, anal-fin spine; DS, dorsal-fin spine; HL, head length; P, pectoral-fin; SL, standard length; V, pelvic-fin.

	This study	Kai & Nakabo (2008)
	NMMB-P 41104	n=54
SL (mm)	158.8	80.8–226.8
%SL
HL	33.9	31.3–35.9
Body depth 1	31.8	24.4–35.3
Body depth 2	34.7	34.2–40.8
Snout length	7.0	7.2–9.0
Orbital diameter	11.2	8.0–11.8
Interorbital width	9.0	7.6–9.1
Upper-jaw length	14.2	13.4–15.8
Predorsal length	35.5	32.0–37.7
1st DS	6.5	5.0–7.7
2nd DS	9.9	8.7–11.6
3rd DS	16.2	12.0–16.9
4th DS	16.8	13.7–18.9
5th DS	16.9	13.7–18.9
12th DS	9.3	5.8–10.3
13th DS	11.9	9.9–13.1
1st AS	8.0	5.7–8.3
2nd AS	14.1	10.4–16.5
3rd AS	15.0	11.9–17.0
P length	29.9	25.7–32.4
V spine	14.8	12.6–16.8
V length	24.7	22.2–26.3
Caudal-peduncle depth	11.4	7.7–13.0
Pelvic to anal spine distance	31.8	28.5–38.7