DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15140280
title: Table I in Taxonomic review of the " posteli-species group " of goatfishes (genus Parupeneus, Mullidae), with description of a new species from the northern Red Sea

description: Table I. – Quantitative morphological characters for large-sized fish of four species of the posteli group, genus Parupeneus. * Count for left and right side, respectively.
Parupeneus chrysonemusP. louiseP. moffitiP. posteliHawaiiTuamotuGuamRéunionMinMeanMaxnHTHTPTMinMeanMaxnSL (mm)114147.31675222230219110132.41536Morphometric characters in % SLBody depth at first dorsal-fin origin2729.53153028272526.9286Body depth at anal-fin origin2223.82552324232020.8226Half body depth at first dorsal-fin origin2223.92752423222022.0236Half body depth at anal-fin origin1617.91951618171616.6176Caudal-peduncle depth9.39.81059.89.79.98.99.29.76Caudal-peduncle width3.54.55.453.94.54.23.74.44.76Maximum head depth2426.32952825242323.9256Head depth through eye2223.72652623222122.0246Suborbital depth1516.31851815141214.4156Interorbital length7.89.01058.18.58.58.08.69.46Head length3535.43753632323233.0346Snout length1718.21952017161516.3176Postorbital length1010.91251111111010.4116Orbit length7.27.57.856.66.36.67.17.68.26Orbit depth6.36.77.255.85.45.46.46.87.46Upper-jaw length1414.81651513131313.9156Lower-jaw length1414.41651413131313.5146Maxilla depth7.07.27.558.06.86.25.96.57.06Snout width7.39.51159.99.88.78.79.6116Barbel length2729.83353729293133.0376Maximum barbel width1.11.31.551.41.21.11.11.21.36First predorsal length4142.24454340394141.2426Second predorsal length6465.76756564626465.3666Interdorsal distance910.21151011111111.9136Caudal-peduncle length2121.52252423242121.6226Preanal length6667.66956964656465.6666Prepelvic length3436.03853833333233.1346Prepectoral length3636.53753734333334.0356Second dorsal-fin depth2224.62552325242021.3226Pelvic-fin depth2729.83253029282627.2286Pectoral-fin depth1718.72051919191818.6206Length of first dorsal-fin base1516.51751515151515.3166Length of second dorsal-fin base1515.31651516161414.2156Caudal-fin length2829.83243029292525.9275Length of anal-fin base1213.41551313131112.0136Height of anal-fin spine1.61.71.951.71.71.81.21.41.84Height of first anal-fin ray9.710.11059.89.39.98.59.29.66Height of second anal-fin ray1516.11851313131313.6156Height of seventh anal-fin ray1112.31451312139.29.9116Length of pelvic-fin spine1717.61951615151515.6176Pelvic-fin length2728.53052524242324.6266Pectoral-fin length2526.12752724242324.4256Pectoral-fin width4.45.45.955.55.24.85.15.45.96HawaiiTuamotuGuamRéunionMinMeanMaxnHTHTPTMinMeanMaxnHeight of first dorsal-fin spine2.93.64.052.33.22.82.43.03.56Height of second dorsal-fin spine1819.72151718181617.0186Height of third dorsal-fin spine2222.22352023231819.8215Height of fourth dorsal-fin spine2021.52241821221819.1215Height of first dorsal-fin ray8.79.31047.38.7108.39.0106Height of second dorsal-fin ray1414.61551213141213.1146Height of eighth dorsal-fin ray9.711.0135109.09.68.08.79.76Height of ninth dorsal-fin ray1011.51351411118.89.5106Meristic charactersPectoral-fin rays1616.016516-16 *15151616.2176Rudimentary gill rakers on upper limb00.41520111.326Developed gill rakers on upper limb66.87577766.776Developed gill rakers on lower limb2224.02652928272627.0286Rudimentary gill rakers on lower limb22.44532100.816Gill rakers on upper limb67.2859-8 *7888.086Gill rakers on lower limb2626.428532-31 *30282727.8296Total gill rakers3333.634541-39 *37363535.8376Lateral-line scales2727.02752727272727.3286
description: Published as part of Uiblein, Franz, 2021, Taxonomic review of the " posteli-species group " of goatfishes (genus Parupeneus, Mullidae), with description of a new species from the northern Red Sea, pp. 68-69 in Cybium 45 (1) on page 68, DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2021-451-008, http://zenodo.org/record/10493568