TABLE 2 in Three new records of the conger eels (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Taiwan and the Dongsha Islands

TABLE 2. Morphometric and meristic data of NMMB-P34131, compared with the type and additional specimens of Heteroconger polyzona (Castle & Randall, 1999). LL=laterial line.
NMMB-P34131BPBM18547 (n=6)RMNH7160 (n=1) BPBM32306 (n=4)TL (mm)288297–347219–348%TLHead length6.3--Preanal length31.9-31.2 (29.2–31.5)Trunk length25.6--Tail length68.1--Predorsal length7.6--%PALHead length19.8-22.5 (19.0–22.5)Trunk length80.2--Predorsal lenght23.8-25.2 (21.6–25.3)%HLDepth at gill opening39.9-26.8 (36.3–39.1)Depth at anus38.0-35.3–38.5Gill Opening length8.7-9.8 (10.2–13.5)Interorbital width10.8--Interbranchial width25.2--Eye diameter10.1-13.1 (14.9–18.4)Snout length13.6-11.8 (9.4–11.1)Upper jaw length17.1--Lower jaw length16.5--VertebraePredorsal98–9-Preanal4849–53-Total152153–159-PoresPredorsal LL6--Preanal LL47-41 (48–51)Total133--SO1+2-1+2IO3+0-3+0POM4+0-4+0–1ST0-0
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