New specimens and supplementary descriptions of two rare dragonfishes Photonectes klepadloae and P. litvinovi, with comments on the distribution of P filipendulus (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae) Author Prokofiev, Artem M. 0000-0003-2659-7469 Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii prospect 33, Moscow 119071, Russia *, and Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovsky prospect 36, Moscow 117218, Russia. prokartster@gmail.com Author Frable, Benjamin W. 0000-0003-4525-0671 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 - 0244, USA. bfrable @ ucsd. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4525 - 0671 bfrable@ucsd.edu text Zootaxa 2023 2023-01-16 5228 4 489 500 journal article 226120 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.4.7 7e8b23b0-03cf-4224-90ef-2873758f4456 1175-5326 7540134 2A02E146-7643-4C5C-8A16-D667FF237284

TABLE 1. Morphometrics and meristics of the new specimens of Photonectes klepadloae and P. litvinovi.

Character		Photonectes klepadloae		Photonectes litvinovi
	USNM 258733	USNM 320468	SIO 76-6	IOM 03639
SL, mm	64	68	93	105
In % SL
Head length	14.8	17.0	15.6	15.2
Greatest body depth	7.9	10.0	11.8	10.5
Least depth of caudal peduncle	2.4	2.5	2.1	1.9
Caudal peduncle length	3.7	3.6	2.6	5.5
Predorsal distance	78.1	79.4	80.65	81.0
Preanal distance	79.7	80.9	81.2	79.1
Prepelvic distance	64.1	59.6	65.05	67.8
Caudal-fin length	5.5	8.8	7.2	6.7
Snout length	2.9	3.4	2.5	1.7
Horizontal diameter of orbit	3.8	4.3	3.2	3.3
Interorbital width	3.3	4.2	3.05	4.8
Upper-jaw length	10.6	15.2	14.5	14.3
Lower-jaw length	17.5	18.0	16.4	17.1
Length of postorbital organ	3.7	4.4	4.7	4.3
Depth of postorbital organ	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.7
Gill-filament length	2.4	2.8	2.8	1.7
Barbel length	12.0	11.3	9.6	8.6
Counts
Dorsal-fin rays	17	17	17	14
Anal-fin rays	19	19	19	17
Pectoral-fin rays	0	0	0	0
Pelvic-fin rays	7	7	7	7
Vertebrae	49	48	48	48