DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15158896
title: Table 2 in A New Species of Parascorpaena Bleeker, 1876 (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from Taiwan

description: Table 2. Meristic counts and morphometric measurements of Parascorpaena poseidon sp. nov., P. aurita and P. mossambica
Parascorpaena poseidon sp. nov.P. auritaP. mossambicaholotypeparatypes, n = 9n = 9n = 33Standard length (mm SL)116.892.5–127.040.2–109.340.0–94.6Counts:Dorsal-finXII,9XII,9XII,7–9 (usually 9)XII,8–9 (usually 9)Pre-dorsal-fin scale rows32–3 (usually 3)2–42–4 (usually 3)Gill rakers on upper limb554–5 (usually 5)3–5 (usually 4–5)Gill rakers on ceratohyal88–9 (usually 8)7–9 (usually 8–9)6–10 (usually 7)Measurements (% of SL):Body depth 140.836.1–40.5 (38.4)31.1–40.2 (37.3)34.6–42.1 (38.5)Body depth 233.730.5–33.8 (32.1)28.9–32.8 (30.9)28.8–35.3 (31.7)Body width27.624.0–26.8 (25.7)19.9–26.3 (23.1)20.5–28.1 (24.3)Head length39.236.4–39.7 (38.0)38.7–41.9 (39.8)32.8–44.7 (41.0)Snout length6.44.1– 7.9 (6.2)3.7– 8.5 (5.8)3.7–10.0 (6.9)Orbit diameter10.79.5–11.2 (10.2)9.9–14.2 (11.8)8.9–13.4 (11.3)Interorbital width 16.15.4– 7.7 (6.6)4.9– 7.1 (5.6)4.2– 7.8 (5.7)Interorbital width 28.36.0– 9.6 (8.1)5.8– 8.7 (7.5)4.8– 7.8 (6.3)Head width17.015.9–18.2 (17.2)16.3–18.2 (17.2)15.8–18.7 (17.1)Upper-jaw length16.314.9–19.6 (17.0)17.2–19.7 (18.0)16.2–25.0 (19.4)Maxillary depth5.95.9– 6.9 (6.2)5.4– 6.9 (6.3)4.5– 7.7 (6.1)Postorbital length23.220.2–23.9 (21.9)21.4–22.8 (22.1)19.3–25.0 (22.1)Between tips of opercular spines5.25.9– 7.6 (6.6)5.4– 7.1 (6.3)4.1– 8.0 (6.5)Predorsal-fin length27.921.5–28.7 (25.7)25.3–32.4 (28.2)24.1–32.2 (28.1)Preanal-fin length72.367.5–72.5 (70.2)68.9–75.3 (72.5)65.1–75.5 (70.4)Prepelvic-fin length31.233.6–36.3 (35.0)32.6–41.7 (37.2)30.5–42.7 (36.6)1st dorsal-fin spine length6.36.2– 8.0 (7.0)6.8– 9.1 (8.0)5.2–10.8 (7.5)2nd dorsal-fin spine length9.19.5–12.7 (11.1)11.9–13.7 (12.7)10.4–15.1 (12.3)3rd dorsal-fin spine length13.713.1–17.1 (15.3)16.7–19.4 (17.9)14.0–19.2 (16.5)4th dorsal-fin spine length15.315.4–18.6 (17.3)18.7–20.0 (19.4)16.5–21.4 (18.8)5th dorsal-fin spine length16.016.2–19.6 (18.0)18.4–21.0 (19.5)16.9–23.2 (19.3)11th dorsal-fin spine length9.88.3–12.0 (10.2)7.1– 9.6 (8.9)7.2–13.5 (11.7)12th dorsal-fin spine length15.111.9–15.1 (13.8)13.8–16.6 (15.4)12.9–16.8 (15.1)Longest dorsal-fin ray length22.219.1–21.6 (20.4)18.4–22.0 (20.2)15.7–23.1 (19.6)Soft-rayed dorsal-fin base length19.913.6–21.0 (18.0)15.8–18.4 (17.1)14.0–19.8 (17.6)1st anal-fin spine length10.38.7–12.1 (10.8)9.6–12.2 (10.9)8.7–12.7 (10.6)2nd anal-fin spine length21.319.3–24.8 (21.7)19.8–26.6 (23.3)19.2–25.5 (22.6)3rd anal-fin spine length17.717.0–20.2 (18.6)18.5–22.0 (20.4)17.0–21.3 (19.2)Longest anal-fin ray length22.723.0–25.8 (24.6)22.7–26.4 (24.5)20.7–26.0 (23.4)Pectoral-fin ray length29.725.4–30.6 (28.1)25.9–31.6 (29.2)24.3–33.5 (28.7)Pelvic-fin spine length15.611.3–18.9 (16.7)15.9–17.9 (17.0)11.3–20.0 (17.1)Longest pelvic-fin ray length26.524.7–27.4 (26.3)22.8–26.2 (25.1)21.4–26.8 (25.0)Caudal-fin length26.521.4–27.4 (25.0)20.9–28.4 (24.5)22.3–29.7 (25.3)Caudal-peduncle length11.710.8–15.6 (13.5)10.7–13.6 (12.4)8.3–17.7 (13.3)Caudal-peduncle depth12.711.2–12.5 (12.0)10.0–11.9 (11.1)10.1–12.2 (11.1)
Body depth 1 from 4th dorsal-fin spine to pelvic-fin spine base; body depth 2 at vertical of 1st anal-fin spine base; interorbital width 1 at vertical midline of eye; interorbital width 2 at the base of posterior preocular spine.
description: Published as part of Chou, Tak-Kei & Liao, Te-Yu, 2022, A New Species of Parascorpaena Bleeker, 1876 (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from Taiwan, pp. 7 in Zoological Studies 61 (9) on page 7, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2022.61-09, http://zenodo.org/record/8074243