Three new records of the conger eels (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Taiwan and the Dongsha Islands Author Huang, Jian-Fu 0000-0001-5213-886X Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan, R. O. C. huangjf0321@gmail.com Author Chen, Hong-Ming Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan, R. O. C. Author Chan, Tin-Yam 0000-0002-8143-0007 Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan, R. O. C. tychan@mail.ntou.edu.tw text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-10 5550 1 145 158 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.15 journal article 306729 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.15 375bf0b4-d1cd-42a2-bc28-85469706bce4 1175-5326 14388477 D7F0E0A4-493C-4B7D-BC99-49081E0F5AF4

TABLE 3. Morphometric and meristic data of Dongsha Island specimens, compared with the holotype and paratypes of Congriscus maldivensis (Norman, 1939). LL=laterial line.

	TOU-AE	ASIZP	NMMST-P	NMMB-P	Norman, 1939
TL (mm)			174–353 (n=30)		304–350 (n=3)
%TL
Head length			15.1–17.4		17.8–18.1
Tail length			56.6–58.5		-
Trunk length			24.3–27.0		21.7–25.0
Preanal length			41.5–43.4		39.8–42.8
Predorsal length			17.5–20.2		16.4–17.4
%HL
Depth at gill opening			39.5–56.5		-
Depth at anus			24.8–42.5		-
Interorbital width			7.3–12.5		14.8–18.7
Interbranchial width			12.0–36.1		15.5–16.7
Eye diameter			19.2–24.1		22.6–24.6
Snout length			22.9–28.0		19.4–22.2
Pectoral fin length			31.4–38.8		-
Gill opening length			9.3–17.8		-
Upper jaw length			33.1–42.6		-
Lower jaw length			27.7–38.1		-
Vertebrae
Predorsal			10–13		-
Preanal			45–47		-
Precaudal			49–52		47–48
Total			141–146		145–148
Pores
Predorsal LL			7–10		6–9
Prepectoral LL			5–7		7
Preanal LL			43–46		40–42
SO			6		6
IO			6+3		6+3
ST			3		3
M			7		8
POP			3		3