Descriptions of four species of grenadier fishes of the genera Hymenocephalus and Hymenogadus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the New Zealand region and Tasman Sea, including two new species of Hymenocephalus Author Mcmillan, Peter Author Iwamoto, Tomio text Zootaxa 2014 3856 1 117 134 journal article 42626 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.1.5 280b7189-5ba7-42de-970e-6ceb2e88f0af 1175-5326 230600 B9FDF343-287E-4982-BD97-4285E261C306

TABLE 4. Counts and measurements for specimens of Hymenogadus gracilis examined in this study (columns 1–2, 4–6)) and a summary of data from Iwamoto & Merrett (1997) (column 3); North Atlantic specimens as listed in Marshall & Iwamoto (1973:602). Mode in square brackets. –, no data.

	New Zealand	Holotype USNM 78227 (Philippines)	New Caledonia, from Iwamoto & Merrett (1997)	Japan	Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean	Zanzibar
	N = 5		N = 5	N = 10	N = 9	N = 3
Total length (mm)	63–101	93+	45+–85+	88–127	55+–108	60+–90+
Head length (mm)	12.0–20.9	19.4	10.2–18.2	18–23	13.1–21	16–18.5
TL/HL	5.6 (n = 1)	–	–	5.1–5.8 (n = 9)	5.1–5.6 (n = 8)	5.1–5.6 (n = 2)
Measurements in % HL
Snout length	16–26	25	20–32	25–33	25–31	25–27
Interorbital width	16–18	20	15–22	15–19	16–21	17–19
Orbit diameter	34–43	36	33–45	32–37	29–37	34–35
Suborbital width	4–8	9	8–10	8–10	9–11	8–9
Barbel length	21–24	28	20–30	20–27	22–32	19–23
Postrostral length	75–82	78	77–83 (n = 3)	77–87	74–78	76–79
Upper jaw length	43–52	45	43–56	42–50	41–48	42–44
Pectoral length	38–47		47–52 (n = 2)	41–50 (n = 7)	47–61	41–55
Pelvic length	43–54		42–52 (n = 2)	46–58 (n = 7)	51–63	41–53
Body depth	46–65	48	42–52 (n = 3)	56–60	52–68	49–54
Counts
1D (segmented rays)	9–10 [10]	10	10 (n = 2)	10–11	10–11	9–10
Pectoral rays (exc. i)	17–19 [17]	17	14–17 (n = 3)	15–18	15–17	14–17
Pelvic rays	9–10 [9]	8	7–9 (mode 8)	7–9	7–8	8–9
GR-I (lateral)	8–12 [8]	–	8–12 (n = 2)	–	–	10–12
GR-I (mesial)	16–19 [17]	17	16–18	14–17	16–17	13–15
GR-II (lateral)	16–17 [17]	14	13–15	14–17	13–15	13–17
GR-II (mesial)	14–17 [14]	–	13–16	14	–	13–16
Pyloric caeca	14 (n = 1)		12 (n = 1)	14 (n = 1)	10 (n = 1)