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Table 2 in Description of three new species previously identified as Stolephorus bengalensis (Dutt & Babu Rao, 1959) or Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 and a re-description of S. bengalensis (Chordata, Osteichthyes, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae)

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Description

Table 2. Meristics of specimens of Stolephorus bengalensis and Stolephorus eldorado sp. nov.

Stolephorus bengalensisStolephorus eldorado sp. nov.
Neotype of Anchoviella baganensis bengalensisNon-typesHolotypeParatypes
USNM 276476n = 46KAUM-I. 94517n = 57
Standard length (mm)45.830.8-58.7Modes ± SD44.437.5-58.8Modes ± SD
Dorsal-fin rays (unbranched)333 ± 0333 ± 0
Dorsal-fin rays (branched)1211-1413 ± 0.71311-1413 ± 0.6
Anal-fin rays (unbranched)333 ± 033*3 ± 0.1
Anal-fin rays (branched)1816-2018 ± 0.91816-1918 ± 0.6
Pectoral-fin rays (unbranched)111 ± 0111 ± 0
Pectoral-fin rays (branched)1110-1211 ± 0.7129-1311 ± 0.8
Pelvic-fin rays (unbranched)111 ± 0111 ± 0
Pelvic-fin rays (branched)666 ± 0666 ± 0
Gill rakers on 1st gill arch (upper)1617-1918 ± 0.81816-2118 ± 1.1
Gill rakers on 1st gill arch (lower)2423-2725 ± 1.12623-2825 ± 1.0
Gill rakers on 1st gill arch (total)4040-4544 ± 1.54440-4742 ± 1.7
Gill rakers on 2nd gill arch (upper)1311-1513 ± 0.81210-1413 ± 0.8
Gill rakers on 2nd gill arch (lower)2221-2523 ± 0.92420-2423 ± 1.0
Gill rakers on 2nd gill arch (total)3533-3936 ± 1.53630-3836 ± 1.5
Gill rakers on 3rd gill arch (upper)1010-1211 ± 0.6108-1210 ± 0.8
Gill rakers on 3rd gill arch (lower)1313-1513 ± 0.61312-1413 ± 0.6
Gill rakers on 3rd gill arch (total)2323-2724 ± 1.12320-2623 ± 1.1
Gill rakers on 4th gill arch (upper)97-98 ± 0.687-108 ± 0.7
Gill rakers on 4th gill arch (lower)1010-1211 ± 0.5119-1211 ± 0.8
Gill rakers on 4th gill arch (total)1917-2119 ± 1.01916-2218 ± 1.3
Gill rakers on posterior face of 3rd gill arch64-75 ± 0.754-75 ± 0.7
Prepelvic scutes75-76 ± 0.565-76 ± 0.6
Scale rows in longitudinal series3534-3635 ± 0.73434-3635 ± 0.7
Transverse scales888 ± 088-98 ± 0.3
Pseudobranchial filamentsbroken13-1816 ± 1.31714-1816 ± 1.2
Total vertebrae4040-4140 ± 0.43938-4039 ± 0.7

*one specimen with 4 unbranched anal-fin rays.

Notes

Published as part of Hata, Harutaka, Lavoue, Sebastien & Motomura, Hiroyuki, 2022, Description of three new species previously identified as Stolephorus bengalensis (Dutt & Babu Rao, 1959) or Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 and a re-description of S. bengalensis (Chordata, Osteichthyes, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae), pp. 145 in ZooKeys 1121 on page 145, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1121.84171

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