TABLE 3 in Three new records of the conger eels (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Taiwan and the Dongsha Islands

TABLE 3. Morphometric and meristic data of Dongsha Island specimens, compared with the holotype and paratypes of Congriscus maldivensis (Norman, 1939). LL=laterial line.
TOU-AEASIZPNMMST-PNMMB-PNorman, 1939TL (mm)174–353 (n=30)304–350 (n=3)%TLHead length15.1–17.417.8–18.1Tail length56.6–58.5-Trunk length24.3–27.021.7–25.0Preanal length41.5–43.439.8–42.8Predorsal length17.5–20.216.4–17.4%HLDepth at gill opening39.5–56.5-Depth at anus24.8–42.5-Interorbital width7.3–12.514.8–18.7Interbranchial width12.0–36.115.5–16.7Eye diameter19.2–24.122.6–24.6Snout length22.9–28.019.4–22.2Pectoral fin length31.4–38.8-Gill opening length9.3–17.8-Upper jaw length33.1–42.6-Lower jaw length27.7–38.1-VertebraePredorsal10–13-Preanal45–47-Precaudal49–5247–48Total141–146145–148PoresPredorsal LL7–106–9Prepectoral LL5–77Preanal LL43–4640–42SO66IO6+36+3ST33M78POP33