A new species of Lepidotrigla from the South China Sea off Vietnam (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) Author Prokofiev, Artem M. 0000-0003-2659-7469 A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, Russia *, and P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovsky prospekt 36, Moscow 117218, Russia. prokartster @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2659 - 7469 prokartster@gmail.com Author Yato, Takuji Kobe Senior High School, Shironoshitadori 1 - 5 - 1, Nadaku, Kobe, 6570804, Japan. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-10 4877 2 373 385 journal article 7942 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.2.9 5c7d2759-155e-48a7-a440-96d8b608fbc8 1175-5326 4424354 A78EAA70-5E84-489A-B0DA-64618B7F7DEA

TABLE 1. Measurements and counts of Lepidotrigla firmisquamis.

Character	Holotype			Paratypes			Non-type juvenile
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TABLE 1. (Continued)
	MNHN 2019-0259	IORAS 03627	BPBM 41378	AMS I.49479-001	IORAS 03628	IORAS 03626	IORAS 03629
SL, mm	114	95	105	112	114	125	72
In % of SL
Head length	36.8	36.8	35.2	34.8	36.0	38.4	38.9
Head depth	21.9	22.1	22.9	22.3	22.8	24.0	22.2
Head width	16.7	16.8	17.1	17.0	17.5	18.4	18.1
Snout length	17.5	16.3	14.3	13.4	16.7	16.4	16.3
Horizontal diameter of orbit	9.2	9.0	9.5	9.4	9.7	9.2	10.4
Postorbital length of head	10.1	11.6	11.4	12.9	9.7	12.8	12.2
Bony interorbital width	7.0	6.8	8.1	7.1	7.5	7.2	9.0
Interrostral width	14.5	12.6	11.9	13.0	14.5	12.4	17.4
Length of rostral projection	8.3	7.4	6.7	6.3	7.5	7.6	9.7
Basal width of rostral projection	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.5	4.8	4.8	5.2
Upper-jaw length	12.3	11.6	13.3	12.5	12.7	13.6	13.2
Preorbital depth	13.2	11.6	13.3	12.5	12.3	15.2	11.8
Cheek height	11.4	11.6	11.4	11.6	11.4	12.0	9.7
Length of cleithral spine (with ridge)	11.2	10.5	10.5	12.1	13.2	11.2	13.2
Length of posttemporal spine (with ridge)	7.9	7.4	7.1	8.5	7.9	7.6	9.4
Length of opercular spine (with ridge)	7.9	8.4	6.7	7.6	7.9	7.2	6.9
Nape length	4.4	4.2	4.8	4.9	4.4	4.4	4.9
First predorsal distance	35.1	33.7	36.2	33.0	36.0	36.0	38.9
Second predorsal distance	57.0	52.6	55.2	54.5	55.3	56.8	56.9
Preanal distance	57.0	54.7	55.2	54.5	58.3	56.8	59.0
Prepelvic distance	31.6	31.6	30.5	28.6	33.3	32.8	33.3
Length of base of first dorsal fin	19.7	19.0	20.0	20.1	19.3	19.2	16.7
Length of base of second dorsal fin	30.7	29.5	29.1	28.6	30.3	28.8	29.2
Length of base of anal fin	31.6	28.4	30.0	30.4	29.4	29.2	30.6
Length of joined pectoral fin	30.7	33.7	32.4	32.1	36.0	31.2	31.9
	MNHN 2019-0259	IORAS 03627	BPBM 41378	AMS I.49479-001	IORAS 03628	IORAS 03626	IORAS 03629
Length of first free pectoral-fin ray	24.6	23.2	25.2	23.2	24.6	24.0	25.0
Length of second free pectoral-fin ray	20.2	19.0	22.4	18.8	20.2	19.2	22.2
Length of third free pectoral-fin ray	15.8	15.8	15.7	14.3	15.8	13.6	19.4
Pelvic-fin length	26.3	26.3	25.7	28.6	29.0	26.4	27.8
Length of first dorsal-fin spine	14.9	15.8	17.1	13.4	13.2	14.8	15.3
Length of second dorsal-fin spine	18.4	16.8	20.0	16.1	17.5	17.6	18.1
Length of third dorsal-fin spine	19.3	17.4	20.9	16.1	18.9	17.6	16.7
Caudal-fin length	22.4	23.2	24.8	22.3	24.6	20.8	22.2
Greatest body depth	20.2	27.4	23.8	23.2	23.7	25.6	22.9
Least depth of caudal peduncle	7.0	6.8	6.7	6.3	7.0	6.4	6.9
Caudal-peduncle length	15.8	13.7	15.2	16.1	13.2	16.0	13.9
In % of joined pectoral-fin length
Length of first free pectoral-fin ray	80.0	68.8	77.9	72.2	68.3	76.9	78.3
Counts
Dorsal-fin spines	IX	IX	IX	IX	VIII	IX	IX
Dorsal-fin soft rays	15	15	15	15	14	15	15
Anal-fin rays	15	15	15	15	14	15	15
Pectoral-fin rays	11 + 3	11 + 3	11 + 3	11 + 3	11 + 3	11 + 3	11 + 3
Pelvic-fin rays	I, 5	I, 5	I, 5	I, 5	I, 5	I, 5	I, 5
Gill-rakers	10	9	9	9	9	10	8
Pseudobranchial filaments	31	34	31	31	32	35	25
Scales in lateral line	56	58	54	55	54	56	55
Scales between origins of spinuous / soft dorsal fins and lateral line	4 / 4	4 / 4	4 / 4	4 / 4	4 / 4	4 / 4	4 / 4
Scales between origin of anal fin and lateral line	19	21	19	19	20	20	18
Predorsal scales	5	6	5	5	5	5	5
Circumpeduncular scales	21	20	18	21	20	19	19
Vertebrae	32	31	31	31	30	31	31