Table 1 Morphometric and meristic characters of Priacanthis Sagittarius collected from the Egyptian coast of the Mediterranean Sea
 Morphometric characters (mm) |  |
 Total length (TL) | 129 |
 Standard length (SL) (% in TL) | 108(83.7) |
 Pre-dorsal fin length (% in SL) | 32(29.6) |
 Post-dorsal fin length (% in SL) | 89(82.4) |
 Pre-pelvic fin length (% in SL) | 33(30.6) |
 Pre-Pectoral fin length (% in SL) | 40(37) |
 Pre-anal fin length (% in SL) | 61(56.5) |
 Maximum body depth (% in SL) | 44(40.7) |
 Minimum body depth (% in SL) | 9(8.3) |
 Eye diameter (% in HL) | 18(45) |
 Inter-orbital length (% in HL) | 10(25) |
 Head length (% in SL) | 40(37) |
 Head depth (% in HL) | 37(92.5) |
 Distance between orbit and upper lip (% in SL) | 8(7.4) |
 Distance between upper lip and dorsal fin (% in SL) | 33(30.6) |
 Length of the longest pectoral fin ray (% in SL) | 21(19.4) |
 Length of 1st dorsal spine of dorsal fin (% in SL) | 11(10.2) |
 Length of 2nd dorsal spine of dorsal fin (% in SL) | 15(13.9) |
 Length of 10th dorsal spine of dorsal fin (% in SL) | 22(20.4) |
 Length of 1st spine of anal fin (% in SL) | 15(13.9) |
 Length of 2nd spine of anal fin (% in SL) | 19(17.6) |
 Length of 3rd spine of anal fin (% in SL) | 2(1.9) |
Meristic characters | Â |
 Total number of gill rakers on 1st gill arch | 22 |
 Number of dorsal fin spines | 10 |
 Number of dorsal fin rays | 13 |
 Number of anal spines | 3 |
 Number of anal rays | 14 |
 Number of pelvic spines | 1 |
 Number of pelvic rays | 5 |
 Number of pectoral rays | 19-18 |