TABLE 2. Counts and morphometric measurements (expressed as percentages of standard length, head length, or snout length as indicated) of Hippocampus bargibanti discovered by the present study and Lourie and Randall (2003). Values are ranges or means ± standard deviations.

		Present study		Lourie and Randall
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	Male	Female	Total	(2003)
Number of fish	2	3	5	8
Standard length (SL, mm)	23.53±1.34	23.20±5.08	23.3±3.66	24.4±1.7
Count
Trunk ring (TrR)	12	12	12	12
Tail rings (TaR)	31	30–32	30–32	31–32
Pectoral fin ray (PF)	9	10–11	9–10	10
Dorsal fin ray (DF)	13–14	13–14	13–14	14
Anal fin ray (AF)	0	0	0	0
	Male	Female	Total	(2003)
Proportional measurement
Trunk length (TrL):SL	26.95±2.33	25.00±4.69	25.78±3.67	28±1.61
Tail length (TaL):SL	57.25±1.77	59.07±4.17	58.34±3.23	56±1.29
Head length (HL):SL	15.80±0.57	15.93±0.86	15.88±0.68	17±1.44
Head depth (HD):HL	75.85±2.62	79.70±1.01	78.16±2.58	66±3.28
Snout length (SnL):HL	30.35±0.49	28.23±0.38	29.08±1.22	22±1.83
Snout depth (SnD):SnL	104.85±6.86	106.67±4.89	105.94±4.97	100±20.23
Orbital diameter (OD):HL	20.75±1.06	21.87±2.08	21.42±1.68	18±3.10
Post-orbital length (PO):HL	53.25±0.49	53.93±3.79	53.66±2.72	57±4.06
Coronet height (CH):HL	65.05±6.43	70.90±12.18	68.56±9.74	57±6.26
Trunk depth anterior to the dorsal	12.95±0.78	11.37±0.38	12.00±0.99	13±1.61
fin base, between the 9th and
10th trunk rings (TD9):SL
Length of dorsal fin base (DL):SL	9.40±1.84	9.20±0.66	9.28±1.04	8±0.74
Length of pectoral fin base (PL):SL	3.05±0.07	3.20±0.95	3.14±0.68	3±0.52