TABLE 2 in Bargibant's pygmy seahorse Hippocampus bargibanti in Taiwan Bank: hidden biodiversity of Taiwan Strait

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 studyLourie and RandallMaleFemaleTotal(2003)Number of fish2358Standard length (SL, mm)23.53±1.3423.20±5.0823.3±3.6624.4±1.7CountTrunk ring (TrR)12121212Tail rings (TaR)3130–3230–3231–32Pectoral fin ray (PF)910–119–1010Dorsal fin ray (DF)13–1413–1413–1414Anal fin ray (AF)0000MaleFemaleTotal(2003)Proportional measurementTrunk length (TrL):SL26.95±2.3325.00±4.6925.78±3.6728±1.61Tail length (TaL):SL57.25±1.7759.07±4.1758.34±3.2356±1.29Head length (HL):SL15.80±0.5715.93±0.8615.88±0.6817±1.44Head depth (HD):HL75.85±2.6279.70±1.0178.16±2.5866±3.28Snout length (SnL):HL30.35±0.4928.23±0.3829.08±1.2222±1.83Snout depth (SnD):SnL104.85±6.86106.67±4.89105.94±4.97100±20.23Orbital diameter (OD):HL20.75±1.0621.87±2.0821.42±1.6818±3.10Post-orbital length (PO):HL53.25±0.4953.93±3.7953.66±2.7257±4.06Coronet height (CH):HL65.05±6.4370.90±12.1868.56±9.7457±6.26Trunk depth anterior to the dorsal12.95±0.7811.37±0.3812.00±0.9913±1.61fin base, between the 9th and10th trunk rings (TD9):SLLength of dorsal fin base (DL):SL9.40±1.849.20±0.669.28±1.048±0.74Length of pectoral fin base (PL):SL3.05±0.073.20±0.953.14±0.683±0.52 ......continued on the next page