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Table 2 Meristic data of five Neenchelys species treated in present study

From: Revision of the worm eel genus Neenchelys (Ophichthidae: Myrophinae), with descriptions of three new species from the western Pacific Ocean

 

N. buitendijki

N. cheni

N. daedalus

N. diaphora sp. nov.

N. mccoskeri

n = 7

Lectotype

n = 17

n = 2

Holotype

Types (n = 3)

n = 36

Total vertebrae

135-140

181

180-183

225-235

186

177-186

172-184

Predorsal vertebrae

18-20

58

56-60

31

34

34 or 35

34-41

Preanal vertebrae

49-51

55

52-58

58 or 59

54

54 or 55

62-67

Prepectoral pores

13 or 14

11

10-12

14

15

13-15

9-11

Predorsal pores

20-22

58

57-64

-

36

35-38

37-44

Preanal pores

51-54

55

52-67

-

56

56-59

62-69

Infraorbital pores

5 + 1

6

5 + 1 or 2 (mainly 6)

5 + 1

5 + 1

5 + 1

5 + 1

Supraorbital pores

1 + 4

5

1 + 4 or 5 (mainly 5)

1 + 4

1 + 4

1 + 4

1 + 4

Mandibular pores

7

5

5 or 6 (mainly 5)

5

6

6

7

Preopercular pores

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Supratemporal pores

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Frontal pore

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

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