First record of the sail triplefin, Enneapterygius velatus (Actinopterygii, Blenniiformes, Tripterygiidae), from Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan Author Dewa, Yuna United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan Author Motomura, Hiroyuki Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima, Japan text Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 2026 2026-02-13 56 33 39 journal article 314233 10.3897/aiep.56.184530 df84bae4-ba59-4450-9be4-3b2499d26054 69C9C6D6-938C-4FF2-B5F5-0603B63D1228

Table 1. Counts and measurements of Enneapterygius velatus.

Character	This study	Tashiro et al. 2018
	KAUM –I.220189	KPM-NI 6763	YCM-P 36419
	Non-type	Holotype	Paratype
	Female	Male	Male
Measurements in absolute values [mm]
Standard length (SL)	19.7	22.5	16.5
Relative values [% SL]
Body depth	19.1	18.6	18.5
Body width	17.2	13.9	15.1
Head length	31.2	29.0	29.8
Snout length	8.4	8.1	7.7
Orbit diameter	9.5	9.8	11.2
Interorbital width	2.5	1.8	1.8
Upper-jaw length	11.9	11.3	12.4
Postorbital length	14.2	14.0	14.0
Pre- 1 st dorsal-fin length	22.6	21.8	22.9
Pre- 2 nd dorsal-fin length	34.4	33.6	35.5
Pre- 3 rd dorsal-fin length	67.7	70.8	68.8
Pre-anal-fin length	48.7	47.6	45.6
Pre-pectoral-fin length	32.1	30.4	31.5
Pre-pelvic-fin length	24.0	22.0	23.2
Caudal-peduncle length	12.0	11.6	14.0
Caudal-peduncle depth	8.8	8.8	9.6
First dorsal-fin
1 st spine length	34.6	34.0	31.6
2 nd spine length	27.2	25.4	22.3
3 rd spine length	12.6	15.4	13.1
Second dorsal-fin
1 st spine length	12.6	15.3	14.5
2 nd spine length	12.6	17.7	16.8
3 rd spine length	16	—	17.7
4 th spine length	15.3	—	17.1
Third dorsal-fin
1 st soft ray length	14.8	17.3	18.8
2 nd soft ray length	15.0	15.4	17.7
3 rd soft ray length	14.6	14.5	15.1
1 st dorsal-fin base length	2.7	3.9	3.5
2 nd dorsal-fin base length	24.8	32.9	25.7
3 rd dorsal-fin base length	17.0	19.7	17.7
Anal-fin base length	42.1	41.6	43.3
Pectoral-fin length	30.9	35.8	31.8
1 st pelvic-fin soft ray length	21.0	18.7	20.0
2 nd pelvic-fin soft ray length	26.4	26.7	31.0
Counts
Dorsal-fin rays	III, XI, 9	III, XI, 9	III, XI, 9
Anal-fin rays	I, 17	I, 16	I, 17
Pectoral-fin rays	13	13	13
Scale rows in longitudinal series	32	32 (left), 33 (right)	33
Anterior series of lateral-line scales (pored + notched)	9 + 2	9 + 1	8 + 2
Posterior series of lateral-line scales (notched)	22	21 (left), 22 (right)	23
Scale rows above 1 st pored lateral-line scale	2	2	1
Scale rows between 1 st spine base of second dorsal-fin and pored lateral-line scale	2	1 ½	1 ½
Scale rows below 1 st notched lateral-line scale	3	3	3
Scale rows above last pore lateral-line scale	2	1 ½	1 ½
Circumpeduncular scales	9	8	8
Mandibular pore formula	2 + 2 + 2	2 + 2 + 2	2 + 2 + 2