DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15157365
title: TABLE 5. Selected morphological data for C in Re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of four nominal, western Pacific species of tongue soles (Pleuronectoidei: Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossus), with redescription of C. joyneri Günther, 1878

description: TABLE 5. Selected morphological data for C. joyneri (including three groups of specimens defined in this study), C. tenuis and C. tshusanensis compared between this study and two previous works. Abbreviations defined in text. Characters 1–6 are percent of SL; characters 8–15 are percent of Head Length.
Oshima (1927)Chabanaud (1951)This StudyCharactertenuis HTtshusanensis (N=3)joyneri (N=2)lighti (N=4)tshusanensis HTjoyneri 1 (N=498)joyneri LTlighti LTFirst group (N=3)Second group (N=26)Third group (N=109)CFR-8–10101010101010101010PFR44444444444DFR109109–113105–109112–11310698–117110109106–109101–11298–115AFR8287–8985–8685–878679–92888880–8981–8979–92AV----9999999TV----5449–5451515151–5349–54MLL-82–8582–8590–927762–80807368–8067–8065–79DMLL1211–121312119–13131210–1210–1210–13ScalesCT–CT2CT–CTCT–CTCT–CTCT–CTCT–CTCT–CTCT–CTCT–CTCT–CTCT–CTSL (mm)17075–88223–228107–17186.351.7–333232.6172.0154.9–212.967.7–195.451.7–267.4HL (mm)3417–2119–2020–2320.113.5–53.944.935.735.8–46.113.5–42.113.7–53.9PHE (mm)--------1.2–3.2(–1.8)–0.0(–1.8)–2.91. BD2221–2328–3023–2523.120.5–27.927.523.127.5–27.920.5–23.020.9–26.82. HL2021–2319–2020–2323.318.6–24.719.320.821.7–23.419.9–23.818.6–24.73. HW----20.617.6–24.922.121.520.8–23.618.9–21.817.6–24.9Oshima (1927)Chabanaud (1951)This StudyCharactertenuis HTtshusanensis (N=3)joyneri (N=2)lighti (N=4)tshusanensis HTjoyneri 1 (N=498)joyneri LTlighti LTFirst group (N=3)Second group (N=26)Third group (N=109)4. UHL----11.910.0–20.212.211.913.4–14.310.0–20.210.4–15.45. LHL----11.06.9–11.710.77.39.0–10.88.1–10.26.9–11.76. PAL----25.020.2–28.020.521.523.1–25.621.2–26.520.2–28.07. HW/HL----0.90.9–1.21.11.01.0–1.11.0–1.20.9–1.28. SNL37.6---43.334.3–49.834.740.141.6–48.239.1–49.834.3–47.89. LED9.98–957–88.54.1–11.56.07.36.4–6.54.8–8.94.1–11.510. IOW6.3Appr. 03–4≤22.82.2–7.43.62.83.9–5.93.8–6.92.2–7.411. POL-47–4953–5444–4849.243.5–65.356.148.149.7–52.044.4–61.543.5–65.312. UJL----19.915.1–27.519.818.817.8–22.915.8–27.515.1–25.213. DSM-----41.0–61.141.051.643.0–57.751.6–61.142.8–60.114. AMO-----39.1–60.260.248.542.5–48.040.7–50.939.1–60.015. CFL-38–4235–4037–4025.020.5–27.936.323.127.5–27.920.5–23.020.9–26.8PL?????Present/ AbsentPresentPresentPresentPresent/ AbsentPresent/ Absent
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1Morphological characters of C. joyneri based on data of 498+ specimens combined from this study and previous works. 2CT–CT represents ctenoid scales on ocular and blind sides of body (excluding cycloid scales anteriorly on blind side of snout). HT= Holotype; LT= Lectotype.
description: Published as part of Luo, Hai-Rong, Kong, Xiao-Yu & Munroe, Thomas A., 2023, Re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of four nominal, western Pacific species of tongue soles (Pleuronectoidei: Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossus), with redescription of C. joyneri Günther, 1878, pp. 399-400 in Zootaxa 5360 (3) on page 399, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10085051