Description of a new codling species of Physiculus from Taiwan (Gadiformes: Moridae)
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Tang, Chi-Ngai
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Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan victorcntang @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8140 - 8459
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-13
5052
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10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.6
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TABLE 2. Meristic and proportional data related to distance from interventral line to anal-fin origin (InV-af) of seven species of Physiculus. HT = holotype; PT = paratype; GR = gill rakers; LL = lateral line; SR = scale rows. | Physiculus megastomus sp. nov. | P. caboverdensis | P. marisrubri | P. maslowskii | P. nigrescens | P. nematopus | P. talarae |
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| Data source | This study | González et al., 2018 | Paulin, 1989 | Pires et al., 2019 | Paulin, 1989 | Paulin, 1989 | Paulin, 1989 |
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| Value format | HT; PT | HT (range), n=10 | Range, n=2 | Range, n=3 | Range, n=8 | Range, n=27 | Range, n=16 |
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| Standard length (mm) | 307.2; 143.6 | 167 (83‒168) | 68.2‒78 | | 87‒258 | 92‒136 | 74‒240 |
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| Meristics |
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| First dorsal-fin rays | 9; 9 | 12 (11‒12) | 8‒9 | 11‒12 | 8 | 9‒11 | 10‒11 |
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| Second dorsal-fin rays | 74; 69 | 58 (57‒67) | 58‒63 | 57–62 | 73‒75 | 59‒63 | 60‒63 |
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| Anal-fin rays | 80; 74 | 63 (63‒69) | 63‒68 | 65–72 | 76‒78 | 67‒76 | 64‒78 |
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| Pelvic-fin rays | 5; 5 | 7 | | | | | |
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| Pectoral-fin rays | 24/24; 24/24 | 27 (26‒28) | 23‒35 | 28–29 | 25 | 21‒24 | 26‒28 |
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| Total caudal-fin rays | 27; 31 | 27 (25‒28) | | | | | |
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| Scales in longitudinal series | 122; 114 | 123 (111‒128) | 80 | 120–130 | 120 | 90‒100 | 110 |
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| SR between 1st dorsal-fin base and LL | 10/11; 10/10 | 8 (8‒9) | 5 | 8–11 | 11 | 7‒8 | 9‒10 |
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| Upper limb GR | 5/5; 5/5 | 5 (4‒5) | 5 | 4–5 | 3‒4 | 4‒5 | 4‒5 |
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| Lower limb GR | 10/12; 12/11 | 11 (10‒11) | 12‒14 | 9–10 | 9‒10 | 10‒12 | 12‒13 |
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| Total vertebrae | 54; 53 | 55 (52‒55) | 55 | | 48‒55 | 56‒58 | 52‒56 |
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| Morphometrics (% InV‒af) |
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| LO length | 5.5; 6.7 | 11.1 (6.8‒13.3) | 8.0‒8.9 | 9.3–12.5 | 6.1‒7.4 | 7.1‒8.3 | 8.0‒10.0 |
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| InV-LO | 46.9; 50.7 | 25.0 (20.0‒26.3) | 32.9‒36.9 | 23.8–34.8 | 39.3‒45.5 | 16.2‒19.1 | 16.0‒20.5 |
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| LO-an | 17.9; 22.6 | 27.8 (18.2‒27.8) | 13.4 | 20.5–27.7 | 13.1‒15.2 | 25.0‒29.1 | 20.8‒25.1 |
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| InV-an | 74.2; 83.1 | | | | | | |
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