DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15137244
title: TABLE 5 in Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups

description: TABLE 5. Meristic, morphometric, quantitative colour, and otolith characters in Neobythites pako n. sp. and the eight other steatiticus group species.
N. pako n. sp.N. gloriaeN. lombokensisN. malayanusN. malhaensisN. meteoriN. steatiticusN. stefanoviN. monocellatusHTrangenHTrangenrangenHTrangenrangenrangenSL (in mm)165130–15899376–19944117–1354102113–162629–1984536–15467Meristic CharactersDorsal-fin rays9290–9399190–962399–10349188–94689–953993–9965Caudal-fin rays88–8678–8238–8478–858–8288–861Anal-fin rays7772–7697274–792078–8247573–77673–784078–8366Pectoral-fin rays2824–2792926–281330–3042724–24624–263124–2749Precaudal vertebrae1312–1291312–132313–1341312–12512–124812–1367Total vertebrae5654–5695354–572357–5945353–57552–564054–5867Pseudobranchial filaments23–4932–4353–4432–362–6294–660Dorsal-fin origin above vertebra nr.64–5955–6242–3454–554–5475–666Anal-fin origin below dorsal fin ray nr.2118–2192117–212423–2542019–21517–214417–2166Anal-fin origin below vertebra nr.1515–1591615–162415–1541514–15514–164614–1566Developed gill rakers1011–13978–114312–134611–14610–134413–1563Total gillrakers1920–2291517–201921–2241221–24618–243019–2463Morphometric charactersin % SLHead length2225–2892321–284321–2242228–31623–274521–2467Body depth at anal-fin origin2018–2191917–202117–1941917–20615–224515–1964Upper-jaw length1212–1299.711–122011–1129.812–14511–143710–1361Orbit length4.55.3–5.995.24.2–5.6364.1–4.944.94.8–5.265.4–6.9374.9–7.061Preanal distance4138–4284439–472036–4044540–46638–453836–4364Predorsal distance2525–2782624–294220–2142424–28624–283820–2764Pelvic-fin to anal-fin origin distance2522–2793022–301921–2742724–29521–293720–2762Pelvic-fin length1414–1781314–203513–1341114–15614–203817–2362Gill-filament length1.93.9–4.992.21.3–3.8431.6–1.942.84.4–5.951.4–3.7421.4–2.062Postorbital distance1315–1891413–17281311417–19414–173711–1416in % HLUpper-jaw length5443–4894244–522150–5124443–47541–553749–5661Orbit length2120–2492316–233719–2342216–18622–274022–3061Gill-filament length8.815–1999.45.2–14447.5–8.941315–1955.4–16456.2–9.062Postorbital distance5859–6596256–66296016360–68457–663748–6316Central ocellus charactersSnout tip to ocellus spot distance % SL4649–5194343–524242–4643946–51646–564441–5167Dorsal-fin rays covered by spot76–89146–102013197–1068–12476–79First dorsal fin ray in spot2224–3091820–27202311721–27622–304722–289Central-most ray in spot2527–3492524–30202912125–31626–344725–319Vertical-scale rows covered by spot00–1900–0201100–040–4380–09Otolith charactersin % SLOtolith length4.84.8–5.044.85.1–5.665.214.65.0–5.224.6–5.255.0–5.88Otolith height2.83.0–3.343.13.0–3.463.312.63.0–3.422.9–3.352.9–3.78Sulcus length3.83.4–3.743.23.3–4.163.81–3.6–3.723.4–4.154.0–4.78Ostium length2.62.3–2.541.92.1–2.762.51–2.3–2.522.3–2.652.5–2.98Ostium height0.710.73–0.8940.840.77–0.9460.801–0.77–0.8920.74–1.0550.70–0.898in % sulcus lengthOstium length6867–6845961–727671–65–67263–70659–648Ostium height1921–2642621–257211–21–25220–29618–228in % ostium lengthOstium height2731–3944432–387321–31–38230–41628–348
description: Published as part of Uiblein, Franz & Nielsen, Jørgen G., 2023, Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups, pp. 199 in Zootaxa 5336 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8272417