TABLE 1 in A new species of Bregmaceros (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean, with comments on B. atlanticus and B. japonicus

TABLE 1. Morphometric and meristic character values for Bregmaceros moseri as % SL or % HL based on the holotype, 12 paratypes, and 14 non-types.
HolotypeParatypesNon-typesRangeMeanRangeMeanStandard length (mm)44.233.7–50.543.329.2–48.239.7% SLPreanal length38.236.0–39.937.937.6–40.338.9Prepectoral length17.115.3–18.316.816.2–18.217.6Prepelvic length12.010.4–13.311.97.4–11.39.7Predorsal length42.638.6–44.440.338.2–42.540.2Postdorsal length61.155.5–64.159.757.4–61.660.0Dorsal fin (D2) to anal fin13.210.9–13.411.811.8–13.312.8Dorsal fin (D2) to pectoral fin28.420.8–26.323.920.7–23.422.3Head length16.214.2–17.215.714.4–17.716.4Caudal-peduncle depth5.14.3–5.44.95.0–5.75.3Caudal-peduncle length5.85.8–7.26.66.0–7.56.6Pectoral-fin length9.68.1–11.19.49.7–11.711.1Pelvic-fin length49.439.8–58.149.250.0–60.654.0Dorsal-fin (D2) ray length18.312.5–17.816.114.0–18.617.0Anal-fin ray length14.811.1–19.716.615.3–19.817.9% HLPostorbital head length60.250.9–61.356.451.6–62.456.2Orbital length24.720.7–25.823.019.4–22.821.2Interorbital width22.418.8–27.023.418.3–25.221.5Meristic charactersDorsal-fin (D2) rays5450–5653.351–5654.0Anal-fin rays5651–5956.156–5957.5Pectoral-fin rays1616–2118.818–2018.8Precaudal vertebrae1615–1615.215–1615.3Caudal vertebrae4238–4340.239–4341.4Total vertebrae5852–5855.454–5856.8Total caudal-fin rays3634–3735.534–3735.4