TABLE 1. Morphometry of three new species of Luciogobius from Taiwan.
| Species |
L. chaojinensis |
L. huantungensis |
L. newtaipeiensis |
|
Holotype |
Paratype |
Holotype |
Paratypes (n=3) |
Holotype |
Paratype |
| Standard length (mm) |
30.2 |
27.0 |
55.2 |
45.4–51.2 |
50.2 |
44.3 |
| All in % of SL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Head length |
15.5% |
14.9% |
20.5% |
20.1–21.2(20.6)% |
20.9% |
16.7% |
| Snout to 2nd dorsal origin |
73.4% |
71.5% |
67.0% |
65.1–69.7(67.6)% |
68.9% |
70.6% |
| Snout to anus |
66.6% |
64.3% |
61.4% |
63.2–64.0(63.5)% |
62.0% |
65.0% |
| Snout to anal fin origin |
69.3% |
67.4% |
70.5% |
66.1–68.2(67.1)% |
64.1% |
67.4% |
| Preplevic length |
17.9% |
16.1% |
20.5% |
19.7–21.5(20.3)% |
23.8% |
21.3% |
| Caudal peduncle depth |
6.9% |
7.6% |
9.3% |
7.4–9.0(8.3)% |
9.2% |
8.9% |
| Caudal peduncle length |
18.3% |
17.7% |
20.6% |
18.6–20.6(19.7)% |
16.0% |
16.1% |
| 2nd dorsal fin base |
11.8% |
11.6% |
14.8% |
16.8–18.4(17.9)% |
18.7% |
18.7% |
| Anal fin base |
13.7% |
14.0% |
15.5% |
15.0–15.9(15.6)% |
20.2% |
18.7% |
| Caudal fin length |
10.3% |
9.1% |
14.1% |
11.8–13.0(12.5)% |
15.4% |
14.1% |
| Pectoral fin length |
8.1% |
6.4% |
12.9% |
8.7–11.7(10.4)% |
13.1% |
12.5% |
| Pelvic fin length |
2.2% |
2.0% |
5.6% |
5.5–7.0(6.1)% |
5.5% |
4.8% |
| BD at pelvic fin origin |
6.5% |
7.8% |
7.0% |
6.5–7.6(7.1)% |
10.5% |
9.6% |
| BD at anal fin origin |
7.9% |
8.1% |
9.5% |
9.5–9.7(9.6)% |
11.0% |
10.3% |
| BW at anal fin origin |
6.4% |
6.6% |
5.5% |
4.9–6.7(5.7)% |
8.9% |
8.5% |
| Pelvic fin origin to anus |
47.7% |
47.5% |
40.4% |
41.5–44.6(43.1)% |
39.5% |
43.8% |
| All in % of HL |
| Snout length |
29.3% |
22.2% |
30.1% |
30.8–33.0(32.0)% |
21.2% |
20.7% |
| Eye diameter |
11.8% |
11.1% |
7.6% |
6.8–9.7(8.1)% |
16.3% |
15.2% |
| Cheek depth |
29.1% |
24.4% |
19.2% |
16.4–20.5(18.5)% |
23.0% |
21.4% |
| Postorbital length |
65.0% |
62.0% |
65.8% |
55.4–66.0(59.6)% |
63.5% |
73.3% |
| HW in MAX |
65.0% |
69.5% |
57.4% |
49.3–70.1(59.8)% |
59.5% |
63.1% |
| HW in upper gill opening |
43.3% |
50.8% |
43.2% |
40.5–51.4(47.4)% |
53.6% |
55.1% |
| Bony interorbital width |
16.8% |
24.6% |
36.5% |
29.0–37.9(32.3)% |
19.2% |
21.3% |
| Lower jaw length |
37.3% |
33.5% |
44.7% |
39.5–46.4(43.6)% |
39.4% |
41.3% |