Matsubaraea fusiformis

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Morphological characteristics Table 1 presents the meristic and morphometric data of the five M. fusiformis samples. A fresh sample of M. fusiformis (code: UN 19 T 3 S 1012 - 1) is depicted in Figure 2. The samples’ wet weight ranged from 0.4347 to 1.1649 g. The standard length (SL) and total length were 42.01 – 55.59 mm and 50.83 – 65.44 mm, respectively. Of the five samples, three were female fish, one was a male fish, and the remaining one (smallest sample) was unknown. Each fish had a cylindrical head and body, two closely spaced eyes, a large mouth, a protruding snout, a gape extending behind the eyes, a lower jaw not protruding beyond the upper jaw, two dorsal fins, and one anal fin. The second dorsal fin exhibited a concave center and crotched-tip rays, except for the first ray. The fin rays were distributed as follows: II – III + 16 – 17. The anal fin rays (total number: 26) had crotched tips. The pectoral fin had 16 rays, and the pelvic fin had I + 5 rays. The lateral line scales (2.5 scales above and 3.5 scales below the line) had 35 or 36 pores. The average morphometric measurements were as follows: body depth, 4.57 – 7.32 mm (SL: 10.88 % – 13.76 %); head length, 9.37 –

First record of Matsubaraea fusiformis (Perciformes: Percophidae) in the waters of western Taiwan: A taxonomic description

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samples were collected from the offshore waters of Changhua County. One sample (sample code: F 18 T 1 S 1004) was caught between 2 and 3 AM. The trawling route was from 24 ° 0.351 ' N and 119 ° 47.718 ' E to 24 ° 2.184 ' N and 119 ° 49.704 ' E, the sampling area depth was approximately 35.9 – 49.6 m, and the water temperature was 28.5 ° C. The other four samples (sample codes: UN 19 T 3 S 1012 - 1 – UN 19 T 3 S 1012 - 4) were caught between 3: 30 and 4: 30 AM. The trawling route was from 24 ° 0.279 ' N and 119 ° 49.610 ' E to 24 ° 2.328 ' N and 119 ° 51.329 ' E, the sampling area depth was approximately 35.3 – 47.9 m, and the water temperature was 29 ° C.

First record of Matsubaraea fusiformis (Perciformes: Percophidae) in the waters of western Taiwan: A taxonomic description