First record of the rare Wide-mouth flounder Kamoharaia megastoma (Kamohara, 1936) (Pleuronectiformes, Bothidae) from the western Indian Ocean collected during the ATIMO VATAE expedition to Madagascar “ Deep South ” Author Lisher, Mark W. Scottish Association for Marine Science-University of Highlands and Islands, Oban, PA 37 1 QA, Scotland (United Kingdom) lishermw @ gmail. com (corresponding author) lishermw@gmail.com Author Gon, Ofer Scottish Association for Marine Science-University of Highlands and Islands, Oban, PA 37 1 QA, Scotland (United Kingdom) lishermw @ gmail. com (corresponding author) Author Heemstra, Elaine Scottish Association for Marine Science-University of Highlands and Islands, Oban, PA 37 1 QA, Scotland (United Kingdom) lishermw @ gmail. com (corresponding author) Author Viana, Sarah T. F. L. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140 (South Africa) text Zoosystema 2020 2020-04-14 42 11 151 157 journal article 22962 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a11 13dbf248-2697-49aa-a2e5-c8bb9856bf25 1638-9387 3754690 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:57D43172-BCBF-47E3-97B9-D85BBB12AB18

TABLE 1. — Morphometric and meristic characters of Kamoharaia megastoma expressed as percentage standard length (% SL); in standard length (in SL); percentage head length (% HL); and in head length (in HL). SL is provided in millimeters; O, ocular side; B, blind side. Abbreviations, see Material & Methods. Variation of characters are emphasized in bold.

	Amaoka Amaoka			Chen & Weng Fourmanoir Jang et al.			Kamohara	Kamohara Kuronuma Matsunuma Voronina
	Present study	(1969)	(1982)	(1965)	(1985)	(2018)	(1936)	(1961)	(1940)	(2016)	et al. (2016)
Locality Western Indian Ocean, Tosa Bay, Kyushu-Palau Tungkong Madagascar Japan Ridge Number of specimens 4 3 1 1 Standard length (mm; SL) 98.0-131.2 126.4-153.1 208 99					1 170	Southern Jejudo Kóchi, Japan Kóchi, Japan Island, Korea 1 1 1 1 113,9 207 214 Holotype « Neotype » Based on				East China Sea 2 141.1-155.9	Vietnam 1 200,2
Head length (HL) Body depth Caudal-fin length	% SL In SL 18.9-19.9 5.0-5.3 35.4-38.7 2.6-2.8 13.6-16.3 6.1-7.4	In SL 4.9-5.0 2.6-2.7 –	% SL 20,1 43,3 –	In SL 5,2 2,8 –	In SL – – –	% SL 21,6 36,2 –	In SL 4,7 2,6 –	In SL 5,3 2,6 –	Holotype % SL % SL 18,1 19.7-20.1 39,7 34.7-37.6 – 16.8-17.6		% SL – – –
%HL In HL In HL Upper eye diameter 25.2-33.4 3.0-4.0 3.3-3.5 Lower eye diameter 23.2-30.7 3.3-4.3 3.6-3.7 Interorbital width 3.6-5.0 20.2-27.5 – Upper-jaw length (O) 78.3-90.1 1.1-1.3 1.0-1.0 Upper-jaw length (B) 78.2-91.5 1.1-1.3 – Lower-jaw length (O) 103.7-116.5 0.9-1.0 – Lower-jaw length (B) 104.0-117.5 0.9-1.0 – Pectoral-fin length (O) 116.8-130.0 0.8-0.9 0.9-0.9 Pectoral-fin length (B) 36.4-45.9 2.2-2.8 2.2-2.3 Pelvic-fin length (O) 38.4-40.1 2.5-2.6 2.5-2.6 Pelvic-fin length (B) 33.8-36.3 2.8-3.0 2.5-2.6 Pelvic-fin base length (O) 17.2-21.3 4.7-5.8 5.1-5.8 Pelvic-fin base length (B) 12.7-17.2 5.8-7.9 7.4-9.7 Caudal-peduncle depth 26.8-30.0 3.3-3.7 3.2-3.5			%HL 28,2 – 3,58 101,7 – 126,5 – 100,5 – – – – – –	In HL – – – – – – – – – – – – – –	In HL – – – – – – – – – – – – – –	%HL 28,5 29,3 3,3 96,3 97,6 120,3 121,1 – – – – – – –	In HL – – – – – – – – – – – – – –	In HL 3,1 – – – – – – – – – – – – –	%HL – – – – – – – – – – – – – –	%HL 28.7-31.5 27.5-28.0 3.3-3.6 94.4-96.2 96.1-97.4 121.7-122.2 122.3-122.5 105.3-113.9 42.4-48.9 48.0 46.7 15.1 15.6 25.3-30.5	%HL – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Dorsal-fin rays Anal-fin rays Pectoral-fin rays (O/B) Pelvic-fin rays (O/B) Lateral line scales	108-109 109-112 110 83-85 84-86 85 10-12/10-12 15-16/11-12 13/11 6-7/6 – 6/– 114-131 126-127 131			109 85 10/8 6 120	104 84 12 – 119	109 84 broken/11 6/6 127	110 86 12 6 130	111 86 – – –	110 85 12/11 – 133	106 -108 83-87 11/10-11 6/6 121-127	110 85 – – 132