First record of the blue-and-yellow grouper Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepède 1802) (Perciformes: Epinephelidae) from the Borneo waters, Malaysia Author Loh, Kar-Hoe 0000-0001-8406-6485 Institute of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia khloh@um.edu.my Author Poong, Sze-Wan 0000-0003-4033-864X Institute of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia szewan@um.edu.my Author Du, Jianguo 0000-0002-8722-903X Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China dujianguo@tio.org.cn Author Ong, Joyce Jia Lin 0000-0003-2133-1354 Asian School of the Environment (ASE), 50 Nanyang Avenue, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore joyce.ong.jl@gmail.com Author Zheng, Xinqing 0000-0002-9073-4520 Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China zhengxinqing@tio.org.cn Author Li, Yuan 0000-0001-9996-3197 Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China liyuan1@tio.org.cn Author Hu, Wenjia Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China huwenjia@tio.org.cn text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-10 5550 1 133 144 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.14 journal article 306730 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.14 abd382f6-5716-49e2-914a-32da420fa875 1175-5326 14388371 1C5CABE0-5044-4699-92D4-CEBEE4A08802

TABLE 1. Comparison of morphometric measurements and meristic counts between the five specimens of Epinephelus flavocaeruleus collected from Malaysia and published studies.

	Present study						Heemstra & Randall
Morphometric characters	1st specimen G1	2nd specimen G2	3rd specimen G3	4th specimen G4	5th specimen G5	(n=5)	(1993); Randall & Whitehead (1985)
Total weight (Wt)	N/A*	4820 g	3994 g	3934 g	2662 g	2662–4820 g
Total length (TL)	N/A*	620 mm	630 mm	588 mm	540 mm	540–630 mm
% in TL
Standard length (SL)	N/A*	1.16	1.17	1.16	1.15	1.15–1.17
% SL
Head length (HL)	181 mm *	2.61	2.57	2.46	2.83	2.46–2.83	2.4–2.7
Pre anal length (PreA)	N/A*	1.75	1.64	1.62	1.57	1.57–1.75
Body depth (BD)	N/A*	2.38	2.57	2.27	2.47	2.27–2.57	2.4–2.8
% HL
Eye diameter (ED)	6.70	7.07	7.50	8.20	7.22	6.70–8.20
Pre orbital length (PreOL)	5.66	5.39	5.68	6.03	5.53	5.39–6.03	6.8–8.8
Meristic counts							Randall & Whitehead (1985)
Dorsal spines, soft rays	N/A*	XI, 16	XI, 17	XI, 16	XI, 17	XI, 16–17	XI, 15–17
Pectoral fin	N/A*	18	17	17	17	17–18	18–19
Pelvic spines, soft rays	N/A*	I–5	I–5	I–5	I–5	I–5
Anal spines, soft rays	N/A*	III, 8	III, 8	III, 7–8	III, 8	III, 7–8	III, 8