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TABLE 1 in First record of the blue-and-yellow grouper Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepède 1802) (Perciformes: Epinephelidae) from the Borneo waters, Malaysia
Authors/Creators
- 1. Institute of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
- 2. Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China
- 3. Asian School of the Environment (ASE), 50 Nanyang Avenue, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
Description
TABLE 1. Comparison of morphometric measurements and meristic counts between the five specimens of Epinephelus flavocaeruleus collected from Malaysia and published studies.
| Present study | Heemstra & Randall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morphometric characters | 1st specimen G1 | 2nd specimen G2 | 3rd specimen G3 | 4th specimen G4 | 5th specimen G5 | (n=5) | (1993); Randall & Whitehead (1985) |
| Total weight (Wt) | N/A* | 4820 g | 3994 g | 3934 g | 2662 g | 2662–4820 g | |
| Total length (TL) | N/A* | 620 mm | 630 mm | 588 mm | 540 mm | 540–630 mm | |
| % in TL | |||||||
| Standard length (SL) | N/A* | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.16 | 1.15 | 1.15–1.17 | |
| % SL | |||||||
| Head length (HL) | 181 mm * | 2.61 | 2.57 | 2.46 | 2.83 | 2.46–2.83 | 2.4–2.7 |
| Pre anal length (PreA) | N/A* | 1.75 | 1.64 | 1.62 | 1.57 | 1.57–1.75 | |
| Body depth (BD) | N/A* | 2.38 | 2.57 | 2.27 | 2.47 | 2.27–2.57 | 2.4–2.8 |
| % HL | |||||||
| Eye diameter (ED) | 6.70 | 7.07 | 7.50 | 8.20 | 7.22 | 6.70–8.20 | |
| Pre orbital length (PreOL) | 5.66 | 5.39 | 5.68 | 6.03 | 5.53 | 5.39–6.03 | 6.8–8.8 |
| Meristic counts | Randall & Whitehead (1985) | ||||||
| Dorsal spines, soft rays | N/A* | XI, 16 | XI, 17 | XI, 16 | XI, 17 | XI, 16–17 | XI, 15–17 |
| Pectoral fin | N/A* | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
| Pelvic spines, soft rays | N/A* | I–5 | I–5 | I–5 | I–5 | I–5 | |
| Anal spines, soft rays | N/A* | III, 8 | III, 8 | III, 7–8 | III, 8 | III, 7–8 | III, 8 |
Notes
Published as part of Loh, Kar-Hoe, Poong, Sze-Wan, Du, Jianguo, Ong, Joyce Jia Lin, Zheng, Xinqing, Li, Yuan & Hu, Wenjia, 2024, First record of the blue-and-yellow grouper Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepède 1802) (Perciformes: Epinephelidae) from the Borneo waters, Malaysia, pp. 137 in Zootaxa 5550 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.14, http://zenodo.org/record/14388371
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References
- Randall, J. & Whitehead, P. J. P. (1985) Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson), a senior synonym of E. hoedtii (Bleeker), and comparison with the related E. flavocaeruleus (Lacepede). Cybium, 9 (1), 29 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.26028 / cybium / 1985 - 91 - 004