A new record of the Elegant Slender Barracudina, Stemonosudis elegans (Ege, 1933) from southern Atlantic Ocean Author Ho, Hsuan-Ching Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan & Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, National Institutes of Applied Research, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Taiwan & National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan & Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia Author Moritz, Timo 0000-0003-1281-7432 text Zootaxa 2025 2025-10-29 5716 1 133 138 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.1.7 journal article 313422 10.11646/zootaxa.5716.1.7 7a6d26a7-64c2-488a-92f5-88432d4d779f 1175-5326 17889015 035212BD-BF27-4931-BA8F-751AE68DA490

TABLE 2. Meristic data of Stemonosudis elegans (Ege, 1933).

Stemonosudis elegans (Ege, 1933)
	Holotype	Atlantic (n=4)	Australia (n=3)
Dorsal-fin rays	11	10	10
Pectoral-fin rays	-	12–13	13
Pelvic-fin rays	9	9	9
Anal-fin rays	35 (not 37)	34–35	36–37
Lateral-line scales
Prepelvic	-	39–41	39–40
Predorsal	-	47–50	49–50
Preanal	-	61–63	63–64
Large	-	75–78	77–78
Small	-	3–5	3–6
Total	-	79–81	81–84
Gill rakes
Epinranchial	-	8	5–10
Ceratobranchial	-	16–19	18–23
Hypobranchial	-	10–19	8–10
Total	-	43–44	31–43
Vertebrate
Prepelvic	40	39–40	40
Prehaemal	-	42–43	43
Predorsal	50	48–50	48–49
Preanal	63	62–63	63–64
Caudal	-	58–59	59
Total	104	101	102