TABLE 3. Selected meristic data and qualitative characters from previous works treating C in Re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of four nominal, western Pacific species of tongue soles (Pleuronectoidei: Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossus), with redescription of C. joyneri Günther, 1878

TABLE 3. Selected meristic data and qualitative characters from previous works treating C. joyneri (CJ) and C. lighti (CL) as valid species. Abbreviations defined in text, except CHN= China and JPN= Japan.
AuthorSpeciesNSL (mm)LocationDFRAFRCFRDMMLMLLTVPLPHE 1Mouth-Eye 2Color 3Wu (1932)CJ3≤210QD, CHN106–11385–871012–1370–77--H–IIM–IIGBCL7≤200XM, CHN109–11382–869–101169–78--H–IIIM–IIIBChabanaud (1951)CJ2223–228SJ, JPN105–10985–86101382–85--H–IM–IIRBCL4107–171WZ & XM, CHN112–11385–87101290 –9 2--H–II/IIIM–II/IIIDBZheng (1955)CJ5136–195CHN110–11685–891011–1270–78--H–I/IIM–IIIBCL10128–176CHN110–11782–871010–1168–77--H–IM–IIIBOchiai (1963)CJ10394–245JPN99–11280–899–1011–1262–7650–54-H–IIIM–IIIB/YBCL34109–204JPN103–11482–899–101263–7652–54YesH–IIIM–IIIB/YBLi & Wang (1995)CJ10130–202CHN106–11783–901012–1365–7654-H–IIIM–IIIRBCL1466.7–234CHN107–11483–898–1010–1170–7654YesH–IIIM–II/IIIRBCheng (1997)CJ5130–195CHN110–11685–891011–1270–78--H–I/IIM–IIIGBCL5130–185CHN111–11780–851010–1170–75-YesH–IM–IIIBYamada (2002)CJ--JPN; CHN107–11685–9010-71–78-Yes---Yamada & Yashida (2013)CL--JPN; CHN103–11482–899–10-63–76-----
1 Position of posterior end of rostral hook relative to lower eye: H–I= not reaching eye; H–II= reaching anterior margin eye; H–III= extending slightly beyond anterior margin of lower eye. 2 Mouth angle relative to posterior margin of lower eye: M–I= not reaching posterior margin; M–II= reaching posterior margin; M–III= extending slightly beyond posterior margin. 3 Ocular-side coloration: UB= uneven brown; B= brown; YB= yellowish brown; RB= reddish brown; GB= grayish brown. Values in bold differ notably from values reported in other literature for the same character.