TABLE 1 in Redescriptions of two Lestidiops species (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from Japan, with comments on their morphology

TABLE 1. Morphometric data of two Lestidiops species examined in this study. L. sphyraenopsisL. ringensJapanNE Pacific (Harry, 1953a)JapanNE PacificSL (mm)267‒365 (n=23)200‒230 (n=2)96.1‒243 (n=7)160‒210 (n=4)% SLMean (Range)SDMean (Range)SDMean (Range)SDHead length19.0 (18.1‒20.0)0.5 20.0‒20.518.6 (17.1‒19.7)0.919.9 (19.3‒20.5)0.5Body depth5.5 (4.7‒6.1)0.3 5.9‒6.57.1 (4.9‒8.5)1.17.7 (7.3‒8.4)0.5Predorsal65.5 (64.7‒67.9)0.7 65.0‒65.561.8 (59.5‒63.7)1.262.0 (60.6‒63.8)1.3Prepelvic54.9 (53.6‒56.6)0.7 53.050.3 (47.7‒51.9)1.351.4 (50.8‒52.4)0.7Preanal81.7 (80.3‒84.0)0.9 80.0‒81.579.4 (78.4‒81.0)0.980.4 (79.4‒81.9)1.1V‒D10.7 (9.5‒12.0)0.7 10.711.5 (9.6‒12.7)1.010.6 (9.4‒11.4)0.9V‒A26.8 (25.5‒28.1)0.7 27.1‒27.229.2 (26.4‒30.9)1.428.9 (28.1‒29.5)0.6Eye diameter3.1 (2.7‒3.5)0.2 3.3‒3.54.5 (3.5‒5.0)0.54.8 (4.6‒5.0)0.2Interorbital width1.9 (1.7‒2.0)0.1 2.0‒2.22.6 (2.4‒2.7)0.12.5 (2.4‒2.7)0.1Snout10.6 (10.0‒11.4)0.4 10.3‒11.08.7 (8.3‒9.2)0.39.1 (8.8‒9.4)0.3Head depth4.8 (4.6‒5.4)0.2 -6.6 (5.3‒7.3)0.77.1 (6.5‒7.3)0.4Head width3.3 (3.1‒3.5)0.1 -5.0 (3.4‒6.7)0.95 (4.7‒5.2)0.2Upper jaw9.3 (8.7‒9.9)0.3 9.0‒9.38.8 (8.1‒9.3)0.49.1 (8.9‒9.6)0.3Lower jaw12.4 (11.8‒13.6)0.4 -11.5 (10.5‒12.6)0.711.8 (11.3‒12.4)0.4Pectoral fin8.4 (7.7‒9.2)0.5 -11.5 (10.3‒13.2)1.110.9 (10.2‒10.7)1.0Anal-fin base13.5 (12.6‒15.1)0.7 13.5‒13.615.3 (14.7‒16.9)0.914.3 (14.1‒14.5)0.2Dorsal-fin base4.9 (4.4‒5.4)0.3 4.5‒4.64.9 (4.3‒5.5)0.45.1 (4.8‒5.5)0.3Pre-nostrils7.3 (6.9‒7.9)0.3 -5.5 (4.5‒6.2)0.55.5 (5.3‒5.8)0.2Caudal-peduncular depth2.0 (1.8‒2.2)0.1 2.0‒2.22.4 (2.1‒2.5)0.12.5 (2.4‒2.6)0.1Caudal-peduncular length4.9 (4.6‒5.3)0.2 -6.2 (5.8‒6.7)0.35.7 (5.4‒6.0)0.2%HLPectoral fin44.2 (40.5‒48.0)2.3 -61.0 (55.3‒68.8)5.554.6 (51.3‒58.0)-Eye diameter16.3 (14.5‒17.5)0.7 16.1‒17.524.2 (20.7‒27.2)2.223.9 (23.0‒24.4)0.7Interorbital9.8 (8.8‒10.3)0.4 10.0‒10.713.9 (13.4‒14.7)0.512.7 (12.1‒13.0)0.4Snout55.9 (53.7‒58.7)1.4 50.2‒55.047.0 (44.6‒50.8)2.245.5 (44.0‒46.8)1.2Head depth25.5 (24.1‒27.2)0.9 -35.5 (28.5‒41.7)3.835.3 (33.6‒36.5)1.2Pre-nostrils38.7 (36.0‒40.6)1.2 -29.6 (26.4‒31.7)1.827.7 (26.4‒28.2)0.9Upper jaw48.8 (47.0‒50.6)1.0 -47.7 (45.7‒51.1)2.045.8 (44.9‒47.0)0.9Lower jaw65.5 (62.7‒69.0)1.5 -61.8 (56.3‒67.2)3.559.3 (58.5‒60.5)0.8