DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15137247
title: TABLE 6 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 6. Meristic, morphometric, quantitative colour, and otolith characters in Neobythites pako n. sp. and N. malayanus.
N. pako n. sp.N. malayanusSolomon SeaTypes, (Sumbawa)LombokPhilippinesVanuatuallHTMinMeanMaxnn =2MinMeanMaxnMinMeanMaxnMinMeanMaxnSL (in mm)16587126.41485138–171+76131.21993284108.0159576128.119944Meristic charactersDorsal-fin rays929091.6935939293.896129293.69659093.29623Caudal-fin rays888.084–88.081188.08588.0820Anal-fin rays777474.8765747476.779127576.47757476.17923Pectoral-fin rays282727.0274272626.72862727.02722626.82813Precaudal vertebrae131212.813513–131212.913121313.01351212.91324Total vertebrae565454.6555555455.757125656.05655455.55723Pseudobranchial filaments233.3433–333.032622.43522.9435Dorsal-fin origin above vertebra nr.655.6655–655.361255.86555.5624Anal-fin origin below dorsal fin ray nr.211919.420520–201719.221121819.02051719.22124Anal-fin origin below vertebra nr.151515.015515–151515.116121515.41651515.11624Developed gill rakers101010.01059–1089.8113189.610589.81143Total gillrakers201718.019518–181718.120101717.51821718.02019Morphometric charactersin % SLHead length222323.8255242224.728322122.62452124.32843Body depth at anal-fin origin201919.2205201719.120101718.31951718.92021Upper-jaw length121111.6125121111.712101111.81241111.71220Orbit length4.54.74.95.045.14.24.85.6274.85.15.344.24.85.636Preanal distance414445.5475453942.246103940.84343942.94720Predorsal distance252626.4285272426.929312526.02752426.72942Pelvic-fin to anal-fin origin distance252525.9275272224.83092425.32742225.33019Pelvic-fin length141515.3165151416.520251516.21741416.32035Gill-filament length1.91.92.02.152.01.32.23.8321.41.51.751.32.13.843Postorbital distance131414.3155151315.517181313.71441315.01728in % HLUpper-jaw length544948.849549–504447.951105051.35244448.95221Orbit length212020.721420–211619.723272122.12341620.12337Gill-filament length8.88.08.59.158.0–8.25.28.914326.36.87.355.28.61444Postorbital distance585760.261560–615661.266185959.66145660.86629Central ocellus charactersSnout tip to ocellus spot distance % SL464747.8495484448.252314346.04854347.95242Dorsal-fin rays covered by spot766.8856–667.1101078.09367.11020First dorsal fin ray in spot222122.423521–232023.627102021.02232022.72720Central-most ray in spot252425.626524–262526.930102424.72532426.13020Vertical-scale rows covered by spot000.0050–000.001000.00300.0020Otolith charactersin % SLOtolith length4.8-5.65.35.35.325.15.25.345.15.25.36Otolith height2.8-3.13.13.23.323.03.23.443.03.23.46Sulcus length3.8-3.94.04.04.123.33.53.743.33.74.16Ostium length2.7-2.62.62.62.722.12.32.542.12.42.76Ostium height0.65-0.940.860.900.9320.770.800.8340.770.840.936in % sulcus lengthOstium length71-66–726565.46626165.66846165.5687Ostium height17-24–252122.22322122.92542122.7257in % ostium lengthOstium height25-35–363234.03623235.03843234.7387
+ tail broken, only data for anterior body part and measurements not related to Sl available for larger specimen.
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. 200 in Zootaxa 5336 (2) on page 200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8272417