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Table 1 Morphometric comparison of Myripristis seychellensis (in SL and HL) from India with the earlier records

From: New distributional records of three soldier fishes (Pisces: Holocentridae: Myripristis) from Indian waters

Morphometric measurements

Randall and Gueze 1981

Red Sea

Chen et al. 1990

Taiwan

Randall and Greenfield 1996

Seychelles

Present specimens

2012

Kochi

Dorsal fin

X+I, 14–15

X+I, 14

X+I, 14–15

X+I, 14–15

Anal fin

IV, 13

IV, 11

IV, 13

IV, 13–14

Pectoral Fin

14–15

15

14–15

15–16

Lateral line

28

28

28

28–30

Gill rakers

(12–15) + (25–29)

11 + 22

(12–15) + (25–29)

(11–13) + (22–23)

In standard length

 Body depth

2.19–2.38

2.20

2.2–2.4

2.3–2.7

 Head length

2.58–3.02

2.94

2.6–3

2.6–2.7

In head length

 Eye diameter

*

2.17

*

2.1–2.7

 Snout length

4.75–5.28

7.28

*

7.6–8.8

 Inter orbital

4.19–4.50

4.88

4.1–4.5

5–5.8

 3rd dorsal spine

2.29–2.49

2.11

*

2.7

 2nd dorsal ray

*

1.54

*

1.8–2

 4th anal spine

*

2.44

2.1–2.45

2.9

 2 or 3rd anal ray

1.31–1.58

*

*

1.6–1.9

 Depth of caudal peduncle

3.39–3.83

3.27

*

3.7–3.9

 Pectoral fin length

1.47–1.56

*

*

1.4–1.6

 Ventral fin Length

1.46–1.66

*

*

1.5–1.9

 Caudal fin length

1.16–1.29

*

*

1.3

  1. *Not available