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TABLE 3. Selected meristic data and qualitative characters from previous works treating C in Re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of four nominal, western Pacific species of tongue soles (Pleuronectoidei: Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossus), with redescription of C. joyneri Günther, 1878

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
  • 2. National Systematics Laboratory, NMFS / NOAA / OS & T, and Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC- 153, Washington, DC, USA

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TABLE 3. Selected meristic data and qualitative characters from previous works treating C. joyneri (CJ) and C. lighti (CL) as valid species. Abbreviations defined in text, except CHN= China and JPN= Japan.

AuthorSpeciesNSL (mm)LocationDFRAFRCFRDMMLMLLTVPLPHE 1Mouth-Eye 2Color 3
Wu (1932)CJ3≤210QD, CHN106–11385–871012–1370–77--H–IIM–IIGB
CL7≤200XM, CHN109–11382–869–101169–78--H–IIIM–IIIB
Chabanaud (1951)CJ2223–228SJ, JPN105–10985–86101382–85--H–IM–IIRB
CL4107–171WZ & XM, CHN112–11385–87101290 –9 2--H–II/IIIM–II/IIIDB
Zheng (1955)CJ5136–195CHN110–11685–891011–1270–78--H–I/IIM–IIIB
CL10128–176CHN110–11782–871010–1168–77--H–IM–IIIB
Ochiai (1963)CJ10394–245JPN99–11280–899–1011–1262–7650–54-H–IIIM–IIIB/YB
CL34109–204JPN103–11482–899–101263–7652–54YesH–IIIM–IIIB/YB
Li & Wang (1995)CJ10130–202CHN106–11783–901012–1365–7654-H–IIIM–IIIRB
CL1466.7–234CHN107–11483–898–1010–1170–7654YesH–IIIM–II/IIIRB
Cheng (1997)CJ5130–195CHN110–11685–891011–1270–78--H–I/IIM–IIIGB
CL5130–185CHN111–11780–851010–1170–75-YesH–IM–IIIB
Yamada (2002)CJ--JPN; CHN107–11685–9010-71–78-Yes---
Yamada & Yashida (2013)CL--JPN; CHN103–11482–899–10-63–76-----

1 Position of posterior end of rostral hook relative to lower eye: H–I= not reaching eye; H–II= reaching anterior margin eye; H–III= extending slightly beyond anterior margin of lower eye. 2 Mouth angle relative to posterior margin of lower eye: M–I= not reaching posterior margin; M–II= reaching posterior margin; M–III= extending slightly beyond posterior margin. 3 Ocular-side coloration: UB= uneven brown; B= brown; YB= yellowish brown; RB= reddish brown; GB= grayish brown. Values in bold differ notably from values reported in other literature for the same character.

Notes

Published as part of Luo, Hai-Rong, Kong, Xiao-Yu & Munroe, Thomas A., 2023, Re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of four nominal, western Pacific species of tongue soles (Pleuronectoidei: Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossus), with redescription of C. joyneri Günther, 1878, pp. 391 in Zootaxa 5360 (3) on page 391, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10085051

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