TABLE 3 in Two new species of eelpout genus Lycenchelys (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, based on morphological and molecular evidence

TABLE 3. Comparison of main morphological characters of the two new species and the 24 Lycenchelys species recognized for the Western North Pacific. Differences between L. delanglei sp. nov. and the congeners are indicated in bold. Differences for L. renatae sp. nov. and its congeners are underlined.
CharactersL. delanglei sp. nov.L.renatae sp. nov.L. albeolaL. albomaculataL. altaL. aurantiacaL. camchaticaL. fedoroviL. hippopotamusL. lenzeniL. maculataL. makushokL. melanostomiasL. microporaL. pariniL. pliciferaL. rassiL. ratmanoviL. remissariaL. roseaL. ryukyuensis L. squamosaL. tohokuensis L. uschakovi L. vitiaziL. volkiTotal vertebrae120–121125–130133122–1288885–89118–125132–139128–138126–130136–144132–139117–123123–135125122–126122–134110–115124–130136–137118–12491–95116–119122114–116126Precaudal vertebrae28–2926–272722–252119–2021–2428–3123–2426–2829–3224–2622–2527–302428–3023–2521–2325–262822–242027–29282530Caudal vertebrae91–9399–10310699–1056765–7097–104102–110105–115100–102104–115107–11393–10296–10610192–9898–10988–9399–105108–10996–10271–7588–919489–9196Dorsal-fin rays114–117115–122-116–1238482–86112–117128–134124–133118–122132–139127–135112–120115–127118110–115117–128105–110116–123133110–11488–91112–116--113Free pterygiophores2–31–315–16*0000000000006–7**000000017–18*07Anal-fin rays96–98102–106-101–1097168–72100-105107-115111-120105-108109-120109-11898-10799–10910598–102**103–11793–97103–10711799–10473–7793–94--101Pelvic-fin rays22-3333032-333322333330--2Pectoral-fin rays16–1716–171716–191813–1612–1513–1713–1516–1714–1512–1515–1715–181715–1614–1615–1816–1714–151517–181417-17Lateral lineabsentmedio-lateraldorsalventralventralventralventralventralventraldoubleventralventralventraldoublemedio-lateraldoubleventralventraldoubleabsentventralventraldoubleventralmedio-lateral ventralSuborbital pores10–126–989–11667–989–106–78–98–98–10798–97–98–10887–86–77778Postorbital pores41–4244424–63–43–44–644–52–341–23–453–44345232Interorbital pores00–10111011–201110101101011011Preoperculo-mandibular pores98–988–1097–8888–9889–108–9898–97–98–998888888Occipital pores000320032031–31–202023–400003040Sourcethis studythis studyAndriashev (1958), Toyoshima (1985)Toyoshima (1985), Fedorov & Andriashev (1993), Kawarada et al. (2020)Anderson (1995)Shinohara & Matsuura (1998), Kawarada et al. (2020)Andriashev (1955), Anderson (1995)Anderson & Balanov (2000)Andriashev (1955), Anderson (1995), Kawarada et al. (2020)Thiel et al. (2018)Toyoshima (1985), Fedorov & Andriashev (1993), Kawarada et al. (2020), Shinohara et al. (2022)Fedorov & Andriashev (1993), Kawarada et al. (2020)Anderson (1995), Toyoshima (1985), Fedorov & Andriashev (1993), Kawarada et al. (2020)Anderson (1995)Fedorov (1995a), Kawarada et al. (2020)Andriashev (1958), Anderson (1995), this studyAndriashev (1955), Anderson (1995), Kawarada et al. (2020)Andriashev (1955), Anderson (1995)Fedorov Anderson (1995b), (1995) Shinohara & Anderson (2007), Kawarada et al. (2020)Shinohara & Anderson (2007), Kawarada et al. (2020)Toyoshima (1985), Fedorov & Andriashev (1993), Shinohara & Matsuura (1998), Kawarada et al. (2020)Anderson & Imamura (2002), Kawarada et al. (2020)Andriashev 1958, Toyoshima (1985)Andriashev 1958, Toyoshima (1985), Anderson (1995)Andriashev (1955), Anderson (1995)
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** Values for L. plicifera estimated during this study, based on analyses of the following material: L. plicifera (ZIN 32961, holotype and ZIN 32961a, paratype) and L. birsteini (ZIN 34669, holotype and ZIN 346699a, paratype). “-“ Not available.