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TABLE 1 in New records of six combtooth blennies in the genera Blenniella, Cirripectes, Istiblennius, and Salarias (Perciformes: Blenniidae) from Taiping Island, South China Sea

  • 1. Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C.
  • 2. Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center, National Academy of Marine Research, Kaohsiung, 806614, Taiwan, R. O. C.
  • 3. Marine Ecology and Conservation Research Center, National Academy of Marine Research, Kaohsiung, 806614, Taiwan, R. O. C. & National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, 94450, Taiwan, R. O. C.
  • 4. Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C.

Description

TABLE 1. Morphometrics of the six species of blennies from Taiping Island, South China Sea.

Blenniella chrysospilosBlenniella periophthalmusCirripectes variolosusIstiblennius dussumieriIstiblennius lineatusSalarias fasciatus
NTOUP-2025-0529-14NTOUP-2025-0611-07NTOUP-2025-0523-17NTOUP-2025-0520-10NTOUP-2025-0611-08NTOUP-2025-0604-13
Standard length (SL)45.989.742.983.489.528.9
Percent in standard length (%)
Head length21.619.527.523.920.727.0
Predorsal length19.816.022.820.419.526.3
Snout to 2nd dorsal origin51.948.753.947.139.652.6
Snout to anus47.546.249.946.143.549.1
Snout to anal fin origin48.848.355.550.345.950.9
Prepelvic length24.220.330.826.423.128.4
Caudal peduncle length10.710.36.19.110.94.8
Caudal peduncle depth8.911.19.89.99.310.4
1st dorsal fin base30.731.232.626.528.232.5
2nd dorsal fin base41.242.234.743.347.642.9
Anal fin base39.247.035.247.353.741.2
Caudal fin length18.322.725.423.820.425.3
Pectoral fin length18.718.927.020.114.527.0
Pelvic fin length14.411.519.612.49.219.0
Body depth at pelvic fin base17.917.628.020.116.426.0
Body depth at anal fin base18.119.228.920.415.219.7
Body width at anal fin base11.112.512.810.39.810.4
Percent in head length (%)
Head width in maximum65.775.375.476.070.361.5
Head width at upper gill opening59.675.370.368.265.056.4
Eye diameter34.337.840.731.231.941.0
Bony interorbital width8.117.95.99.39.47.7
Fleshy interorbital width48.545.750.044.041.247.4
Snout length38.436.736.433.837.726.9
Lower jaw length37.428.439.826.030.125.6
Cheek depth53.540.553.448.752.850.0
Postorbital length72.780.764.467.372.461.5

Notes

Published as part of Zhao, Yu-Jie, Shen, Kang-Ning, Chang, Chih-Wei & Chen, I-Shiung, 2025, New records of six combtooth blennies in the genera Blenniella, Cirripectes, Istiblennius, and Salarias (Perciformes: Blenniidae) from Taiping Island, South China Sea, pp. 135 in Zootaxa 5738 (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.16, http://zenodo.org/record/19138341

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