Ariosoma-type Leptocephali (Congridae: Bathymyrinae) in the Mentawai Islands region off western Sumatra, Indonesia

Zoological Studies

Table 1 Number of each species or type of Ariosoma- type leptocephali collected off western Sumatra

Species/type	Gut	TM	LVBV	DNA study^a	Number of stns.	Size range (meta)	Total
Ariosoma scheelei	N-EX	110-125	50-61	9	22	10.6-175.0	114
Ariosoma sp. 6	N-EX	130-136	61-71	1	5	15.1-79.4 (197.0)	8
Ariosoma sp. 7	N-EX	138-149	70-74	2	12	12.1-220.0 (202.2-324.0)	44
Ariosoma sp. 8	N-EX	157-164	80-85		3	22.2-34.4	4
sp. 1	EXT	130-144	56-69	6	13	13.5-181.0	50
sp. 2	EXT	132-143	60-70	2	9	16.0-60.4	21
sp. 3	EXT	151-155	91-99	3	5	30.0-158.0	7
sp. 4	EXT	150-157	86-107	3	8	18.2-39.6 (143.0)	15
Type A3	EXT	149, 150	79, 84	1	2	27.2, 50.0	2
Type A4	EXT	166	78	1	1	141.5	1
Type A5	EXT	158-164	93-101	1	1	33.4-38.5	3
Type B1	EXT	149	80	1	1	99.3	1
sp. 1 or 2	EXT	133-140	61-67		5	(183.5-232.0)	5
sp.					11	13.2-67.2 (>160-205.0)	22
Total number or range		110-166	50-106	30	22	10.6-324.0	297

N-EX, non-exterillium; EXT, exterillium; TM, total myomeres; LVBV, last vertical blood vessel; stns., stations; meta, metamorphosing larvae.
^aSpecimens genetically examined by Ma (2006).