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TABLE 4 in Taxonomic redescription and molecular confirmation of Lutjanus rufolineatus (Acanthuriformes: Lutjanidae) from the Andaman Islands, India

  • 1. Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair- 744112, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India.
  • 2. Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair- 744112, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. & Department of Marine Biology Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Lakeside campus, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi- 682016, Ernakulam, Kerala.

Description

TABLE 4. Comparison of meristic counts of Lutjanus rufolineatus from Andaman waters with the same species and its congeners.

MeristicsPresent Study L. rufolineatus (n=6)L. rufolineatus (Allen 1995)L. boutton (Allen 1995)L. dodecacanthoides (Koeda et al. 2014)
Dorsal SpineXIXIXXII
Dorsal soft rays13–1413–1413–1412
Anal spineIIIIIIIIIIII
Anal soft rays8888
Caudal fin rays17***
Pectoral fin rays15–1616–1716–1716
Pelvic spineI**I
Pelvic fin rays5**5
Lateral line count47–4945–4845–4848
Scale row above lateral line8–9669 1/2
Scale row below lateral line 16–19**20
Scale row on Cheek7–88–118–116
Gill raker upper6–76–76–76
Gill raker lower13–1413–1513–1511

Notes

Published as part of Ps, Fahmeeda Parveen, Venu, Sasidharan, Eranhottu, Shibin, Ummath, Ameen, Kalita, Samrat, Pv, Mohammed Ramees & Sadaka, Shehin, 2025, Taxonomic redescription and molecular confirmation of Lutjanus rufolineatus (Acanthuriformes: Lutjanidae) from the Andaman Islands, India, pp. 377 in Zootaxa 5566 (2) on page 377, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5566.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/14703020

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References

  • Allen, G. R. (1995) Lutjanus rufolineatus, a valid species of snapper (Pisces, Lutjanidae) with notes on a closely allied species, Lutjanus boutton. Revue francaise d'Aquariologie Herpetologie, 22 (1 / 2), 11 - 13.