TABLE 1 in A new species of cirri-bearing eel of the genus Cirrhimuraena (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the coastal Bay of Bengal, India

TABLE 1. Morphometric measurements of Cirrhimuraena odishaensis sp. nov.
CharactersHolotypeParatypeTL (mm)395320In TLPre-dorsal length10.19.4Pre-anal length3.13.0Tail length1.51.5Trunk length4.44.5Head length11.011.5In HLEye diameter1818.6Snout length66.8Inter-orbital width15.618.6Upper-jaw length3.03.0Lower-jaw length3.33.6Gill-opening length9.09.6Pectoral-fin length4.04.7Body depth at gill opening5.35.5Body depth at anus4.56.2Pectoral-fin base length12.015.5PoresLateral-line pores before gill opening1110Lateral-line pores before dorsal fin1211Lateral line pores before anus5050Total lateral-line pores137+Not possible to count beyond 67Supraorbital pores44Infraorbital pores2+32+3Mandibular pores33Supratemporal pores33Meristic countsDorsal-fin rays303298Anal-fin rays197198Pectoral-fin rays99Cirri before anterior nostril88Cirri in between nostrils55Total Cirri1313Vertebral countPredorsal1010Pre-anal4746Total162160