Bargibant’s pygmy seahorse Hippocampus bargibanti in Taiwan Bank: hidden biodiversity of Taiwan Strait Author Jiang, Guo-Chen Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center, National Academy of Marine Research, Kaohsiung 806614, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Department of Aquaculture, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Penghu 880011, Taiwan, R. O. C. Author Chen, Kuo-Shu Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center, National Academy of Marine Research, Kaohsiung 806614, Taiwan, R. O. C. Author Chen, Yi-Hsuan Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center, National Academy of Marine Research, Kaohsiung 806614, Taiwan, R. O. C. Author Weng, Jinn-Shing 0000-0002-9815-6788 j-s.ueng@mail.tfrin.gov.tw Author Yeh, Hsin-Ming Fisheries Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Keelung 202008, Taiwan, R. O. C. Author Shen, Kang-Ning Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center, National Academy of Marine Research, Kaohsiung 806614, Taiwan, R. O. C. Author Chang, Chih-Wei Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center, National Academy of Marine Research, Kaohsiung 806614, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Department of Oceanography, and Institute of Marine Ecology and Conservation, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804201, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, and National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung 944401, Taiwan, R. O. C. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-10 5550 1 118 126 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.12 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.12 1175-5326 14388345 21252D35-A93F-4910-ACA8-906721A75142

TABLE 2. Counts and morphometric measurements (expressed as percentages of standard length, head length, or snout length as indicated) of Hippocampus bargibanti discovered by the present study and Lourie and Randall (2003). Values are ranges or means ± standard deviations.

		Present study		Lourie and Randall
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	Male	Female	Total	(2003)
Number of fish	2	3	5	8
Standard length (SL, mm)	23.53±1.34	23.20±5.08	23.3±3.66	24.4±1.7
Count
Trunk ring (TrR)	12	12	12	12
Tail rings (TaR)	31	30–32	30–32	31–32
Pectoral fin ray (PF)	9	10–11	9–10	10
Dorsal fin ray (DF)	13–14	13–14	13–14	14
Anal fin ray (AF)	0	0	0	0
	Male	Female	Total	(2003)
Proportional measurement
Trunk length (TrL):SL	26.95±2.33	25.00±4.69	25.78±3.67	28±1.61
Tail length (TaL):SL	57.25±1.77	59.07±4.17	58.34±3.23	56±1.29
Head length (HL):SL	15.80±0.57	15.93±0.86	15.88±0.68	17±1.44
Head depth (HD):HL	75.85±2.62	79.70±1.01	78.16±2.58	66±3.28
Snout length (SnL):HL	30.35±0.49	28.23±0.38	29.08±1.22	22±1.83
Snout depth (SnD):SnL	104.85±6.86	106.67±4.89	105.94±4.97	100±20.23
Orbital diameter (OD):HL	20.75±1.06	21.87±2.08	21.42±1.68	18±3.10
Post-orbital length (PO):HL	53.25±0.49	53.93±3.79	53.66±2.72	57±4.06
Coronet height (CH):HL	65.05±6.43	70.90±12.18	68.56±9.74	57±6.26
Trunk depth anterior to the dorsal	12.95±0.78	11.37±0.38	12.00±0.99	13±1.61
fin base, between the 9th and
10th trunk rings (TD9):SL
Length of dorsal fin base (DL):SL	9.40±1.84	9.20±0.66	9.28±1.04	8±0.74
Length of pectoral fin base (PL):SL	3.05±0.07	3.20±0.95	3.14±0.68	3±0.52