DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15137239
title: TABLE 2 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 2. Meristic, morphometric, quantitative colour, and otolith characters in N. superocellatus n. sp. types and the three other australiensis group species.
N. superocellatus n. sp.N. australiensisN. nigriventrisN. unimaculatusIndividual typesAll typesNW AustraliaNE AustraliaCoral SeaW Australia to JapanHTParatypesMin Mean Max nMinMeanMaxnMinMeanMaxnn =1MinMeanMaxnSL (in mm)959890797990.5984180204.6245761155.52384713095162.723537Meristic charactersDorsal-fin rays103 104 98 10298101.8 10448890.69279092.79537929093.59935Caudal-fin rays888888.08488.08788.0829888.0832Anal-fin rays858688858586.08847374.67777476.47937787376.88134Pectoral-fin rays-26-272626.52722626.62752324.72626282727.93027Precaudal vertebrae1313-131313.01331313.01371213.01337131213.01336Total vertebrae5859-605859.06035353.15475253.85637535354.55736Pseudobranchial filaments444444.04488.811655.7829446.2835Dorsal-fin origin above vertebra nr.56-555.36355.36745.0637545.1632Anal-fin origin below dorsal fin ray nr. 202121181820.02142121.92371819.92137221719.92236Anal-fin origin below vertebra nr.1515-141414.71531516.11771414.81537161315.21636Developed gill rakers141514151414.515499.9107910.112381089.41237Total gillrakers222221202021.32241617.01841617.92025181717.3183Morphometric charactersin % SLHead length212221212121.02242324.12572122.32444232122.62537Body depth at anal-fin origin151718161516.61841818.31971617.42037191517.51937Upper-jaw length111011101010.71141212.71371111.61225121111.61334Orbit length5.14.84.84.64.64.85.144.24.54.774.04.75.5244.54.04.65.437Preanal distance414345393942.34544346.84973842.24725454043.74835Predorsal distance252324232323.92542526.32872424.92626242425.82736Pelvic-fin to anal-fin origin distance262726252526.22742527.82972225.83037272327.03235Pelvic-fin length141212111112.21441415.91971620.32436181216.72036Gill-filament length1.41.21.20.80.81.11.441.61.71.871.41.61.9301.21.21.82.230Postorbital distance131311.0121112.41341414.61571213.41424131313.71533in % HLUpper-jaw length534852504850.85344852.75474752.05525514851.35534Orbit length242222.5 222222.82441718.81971721.32524201820.32437Gill-filament length6.65.75.83.73.75.46.646.77.17.476.47.38.7305.05.07.89.730Postorbital distance646053595359.06445960.56275560.16324555560.46533Central ocellus charactersSnout tip to ocellus spot distance % SL 515454525152.65444447.14974245.14744434345.85036Dorsal-fin rays covered by spot171618141416.3184911.0137910.0116957.91133First dorsal fin ray in spot253025292527.33042122.12372121.8235221922.12627Central-most ray in spot333834363335.33842527.42972526.8285262325.82927Vertical-scale rows covered by spot665756.07400.00700.006000.03132Otolith charactersin % SLOtolith length5.85.15.35.15.15.35.845.85.95.925.35.76.355.85.15.45.86Otolith height4.13.33.33.63.33.64.142.72.82.922.53.03.753.42.42.83.26Sulcus length4.73.93.73.63.64.04.744.74.74.824.54.85.354.63.94.34.76Ostium length3.52.72.62.52.52.83.543.13.23.322.93.23.453.22.73.03.26Ostium height 1.01 0.82 0.72 0.71 0.71 0.81 1.0140.63 0.630.6420.59 0.630.7150.720.560.640.736in % sulcus lengthOstium length746869706870.27446668.17026466.5695706769.4756Ostium height212119201920.32141313.41421113.4155161414.9186in % ostium lengthOstium height293028282828.93041919.62021720.1235232021.4246
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. 183 in Zootaxa 5336 (2) on page 183, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8272417