TABLE 3 in Aulopus chirichignoae, a new flagfin from the eastern Pacific Ocean (Teleostei, Aulopiformes, Aulopidae)

TABLE 3. Morphometric and meristic data of Aulopus chirichignoae sp. nov. from Ecuador and Peru.
Museum catalogue N°IMARPE-19082 (holotype)MNHN-1999-0963 (paratype)IMARPE-19086 (paratype)IMARPE-19087 (paratype)MEPN-I 19659 (paratype)MNHN-1997-3820 (paratype)MECN-DP 5536 (paratype)Non type material (n=9) RangesBody measurements (mm)Total length350400383365355288227216–330Standard length301335325308300236188176–317Measurements (% SL)Head length30.231.331.429.429.529.929.729.2–31.9Snout length8.69.29.28.48.18.18.27.8–9.0Postorbital head length13.615.015.114.314.014.913.813.8–15.1Horizontal eye diameter6.66.98.06.86.77.77.76.7–9.1Vertical eye diameter5.66.46.26.35.85.96.55.4–7.3Bony interorbital width5.55.35.25.24.84.84.84.4–5.5Upper jaw length14.816.716.015.315.415.115.314.5–15.8Body depth at dorsal fin origin17.117.415.417.517.416.118.315.3–19.2Body depth at adipose fin9.010.19.59.19.310.09.68.8–10.1Body width at pectoral fin13.616.314.514.314.712.013.912.1–16.3Caudal peduncle depth6.36.76.56.06.26.75.96.0–6.9Caudal peduncle length17.315.116.316.916.817.116.212.1–17.9Distance from tip of snout to dorsal corner of gill slit21.122.923.821.121.322.021.920.6–22.5Length of anal fin base10.312.010.811.010.711.410.310.3–11.9Length of dorsal fin base20.419.521.220.318.521.721.219.2–22.8Predorsal length36.537.738.535.736.136.737.236.4–39.4Prepectoral length30.232.632.031.731.831.831.530.9–32.8Prepelvic length35.537.937.436.737.536.235.334.1–37.5Preanal length*71.474.073.872.470.769.572.371.0–75.0Distance between dorsal and adipose fins23.424.423.424.018.222.121.918.6–25.2CountsNumber of vertebrae5151515151515051–52Number of predorsal scales1816171616141514–19Number of lateral line scales5252494951515149–51Number of branchiostegal rays15121515151410*14–16Number of gill rakers8+1+28+1+37+1+28+1+28+1+28+1+28+1+28+1+2Number of dorsal fin rays1514151414151514–15Number of anal fin rays1011121111111110–12Number of pectoral fin rays1214131313131312–13Number of pelvic fin rays99999999Number of caudal fin rays2019181920191918–19*This count is incomplete because the specimen was damaged.
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