New record of Engyprosopon macrolepis (Regan, 1908) from Taiwan (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) Author Su, Yo Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Author Ho, Hsuan-Ching Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan & Institute of Marine Biology, National Donghwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan & Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia Author Amaoka, Kunio Professor emeritus, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan text Zootaxa 2024 2024-06-25 5474 1 50 58 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5474.1.4 journal article 299626 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.1.4 2dc2e758-511d-4dcc-bfb3-26bacc02899d 1175-5326 12526997 2734F83A-3BC0-4B09-B598-5A75F9FE8977

TABLE 1. Meristic characters of Engyprosopon macrolepis (Regan, 1908). Abbreviations: B=blind side; F=female; J=juvenile; M=male; O=ocular side.

—		This study			Hensley & Randall (1990)	Amaoka et al. (1993)	Katayama et al. (2012)	Amaoka (2016)
	NMMB-P 39332		NMMB-P 40031	NMMBP 40032	n=32	n=33	n=4	—
Sex	M	F	M	M	20M; 11F; 1 unknown	11M; 22F	3M; 1F	—
Dorsal-fin rays	78	76	79	75	76–85	74–84	77–82	74–84
Pectoral-fin rays (O)	11	12	11	12	11–13	10–12	11–12	10–12
Pectoral-fin rays (B)	9	9	10	10	9–11	8–10	9–11	8–10
Pelvic-fin rays (O)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-
Pelvic-fin rays (B)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5–6	-
Anal-fin rays	60	55	60	56	58–63	56–64	57–59	56–64
Caudal-fin rays	3+11+3	3+11+3	3+11+3	N/A	-	2–3+11– 12+2–3	-	-
Gill rakers	0+8	0+6	0+7	0+7	0+6–8	0+6–8	0+7–8	0+6–8
Lateral-line scales	43+1	40+1	48+2	N/A	43–51	40–49	47–52	40–49
Vertebrae	10+24=34	10+24=34	10+24=34	N/A	-	10–11+23– 25=33–35	9+24=33	10–11+23– 26=33–36