TABLE 1 in New records of two goby species from Taiwan, northwestern Pacific Ocean (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae)

TABLE 1. Meristic characters of Egglestonichthys melanoptera (Visweswara Rao, 1971). Data of other specimens were retrieved from Larson & Hoese (1997). Abbreviation: A, anal-fin; P-V, dorsal-fin interdigitation pattern. Pairedfin characters are presented as left/right whenever available; and caudal-fin rays are presented as upper/lower whenever available. This studyLarson & Hoese (1997)NMMB-P 22723NMMB-P 38470NMMB-P 40719NMMB-P 41619n=6Dorsal-fin raysVI–I, 10VI–I, 10VI–I, 10VI–I, 10VI–I, 10Pectoral-fin rays21/2120/2021/2122/2120–22Pelvic-fin raysI, 5/I, 5I, 5/I, 5I, 5/I, 5I, 5/I, 5-Anal-fin raysI, 9I, 9I, 9I, 9I, 8–9Caudal-fin rays (segmented)9/89/89/89/89/8Caudal-fin rays (branched)8/78/78/78/78/7Caudal-fin rays (unsegmented)6/66/66/56/67/6Logitudinal scale rows3339373735–45Transverse scale rows1112131412–14Circumpeduncular scales1616181714–16Predorsal scalesN/A26N/A2329–37Gill rakers3+1+14=183+1+14=183+1+14=183+1+15=193–5+1+14–15=18–21Vertebrae10+16=2610+16=2610+16=2610+16=2610+16=26P-V3/22110/93/22110/93/22110/93/22110/93/22110/9A pterygiophores anterior to first haemal spine22221–2