TABLE 1 in Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups

TABLE 1. Ocellus-bearing Neobythites species, with number and category of ocelli, preopercular spine number, and pelvic-fin length information.
Species groupNeobythites speciesOcellus nr.; categoryPreopercular spine(s)Pelvic fin *N. superocellatus n. sp.1; c2shortaustraliensisN. australiensis Nielsen N. nigriventris Nielsen1; c 1; c2 2short shortN. unimaculatus Smith & Radcliffe1; c2shortN. japonicus n. sp.2; a, c2shortkenyaensisN. kenyaensis Nielsen2; a, c0shortN. ocellatus Günther2; a, c0–1 (reduced)shortN. jonathan n. sp.1; c2longlongiventralisN. zora n. sp.2; c, p12longN. longiventralis Nielsen2; a, c2longN. longipes Smith & Radcliffe **1; c2longN. pako n. sp.1; c1shortN. gloriae Uiblein & Nielsen1; c0shortN. lombokensis Uiblein & Nielsen1; c0shortsteatiticusN. malayanus Weber1; c0shortN. malhaensis Nielsen1; c1 (reduced)shortN. meteori Nielsen1; c1 (reduced)shortN. monocellatus Nielsen1; c0–1 (reduced)shortN. steatiticus Alcock1; c0–1 (reduced)shortN. stefanovi Nielsen & Uiblein1; c0shortN. bimaculatus Nielsen2; c, p12shortN. crosnieri Nielsen2; p1, p22shortN. fasciatus Smith & Radcliffe4; c, p1, p2, p32shortN. fijiensis Nielsen3; c, p1, p22shortungroupedN. gilli Goode & Bean2; c, p10–1 (reduced)shortN. macrocelli Nielsen2; c, p12shortN. macrops Günther2 (3, 4); c, p1 (p2, p3)2shortN. marianaensis Nielsen2; c, p12shortN. multiocellatus Nielsen, Uiblein & Mincarone2; c, p10–1 (reduced)shortN. stigmosus Machida3; c, p1, p22short
a = anterior ocellus; c = central ocellus; p1, p2, p3 = first, second, third posterior ocellus; * long/short: clearly extending/not extending beyond anus; ** formerly included in the steatiticus group (see Uiblein & Nielsen 2018).