Additional description and geographic distribution of the splitfin ocean-bass Synagrops atrumoris from southwestern Taiwan Author Huang, Yu-Shan 0009-0000-6599-944X Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. yushanhuang39@gmail.com Author Chen, Hong-Ming 0000-0002-3921-2022 Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. hmchen@mail.ntou.edu.tw text Zootaxa 2025 2025-12-30 5738 1 139 146 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.17 journal article 314683 10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.17 caa69cfe-9b89-4c72-aa5d-edf5f48d7050 1175-5326 19138298 14958798-1092-40CD-A1A8-34A0CB544BCC

TABLE 1. Meristic and morphometric data of the examined specimens of Synagrops atrumoris and S. japonicus. Data from the other specimens were adopted from Mediodia et al. (2024).

	Synagrops atrumoris	Mediodia et al. (2024)	Synagrops japonicus
	This study		This study
	TOU-AE10935		TOU-AE11164-11166
	n=1	n=30	n=3
Standard length (mm)	131.0	64.3–202.5	139.8–142.1
Meristics
Dorsal-fin rays	IX, I, 9	IX, I, 9	IX, I, 9
Anal-fin rays	II, 7	II, 7	II, 7
Pectoral-fin rays	16	15–16	16
Pelvic-fin rays	I, 5	I, 5	I, 5
Grill rakers	3+10	2–3+9–10	3+12–13
Lateral-line scale	-	29–33	-
Vertebral formula	10+15	10+15	10+15
Morphometrics
%SL
Body depth	25.5	22.5–28.3	24.9–26.4
Head length	34.2	33.4–39.4	33.8–35.3
Snout length	8.0	7.7–11.5	7.9–8.4
Orbit diameter	10.2	9.1–12.0	9.6–10.1
Postorbital length	16.8	9.8–19.6	17.2–17.7
Interorbital width	9.0	4.1–10.5	9.1–9.7
Upper-jaw length	14.6	12.6–15.7	14.3–15.1
Lower-jaw length	15.0	14.0–16.9	15.1–15.9
Predorsal length	36.5	34.3–42.6	36.7–37.5
Prepectoral length	33.2	29.4–38.6	33.3–34.7
Pre-ventral fin length	33.4	31.9–43.0	33.3–34.6
Preanal length	67.6	65.6–79.2	67.9–68.1
1st dorsal fin height	16.9	16.6–23.7	15.3–18.0
Pectoral fin length	24.2	18.0–26.9	22.9–25.0
Pelvic spine length	13.0	10.9–15.7	12.5–14.2
2nd anal spine length	6.8	5.5–7.9	6.2–6.7
Caudal peduncle length	25.2	22.4–29.5	24.2–25.2
Caudal peduncle depth	10.8	9.7–11.9	10.7–11.0
% HL
Snout length	23.4	–	23.0–23.9
Orbital diameter	29.8	–	28.2–29.3