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Table 2 Morphometric data of Nemichthys scolopaceus from Lower Central America (This study) and comparative data

From: New records of snipe eels (Anguilliformes: Nemichthyidae) from the Pacific coast of lower Central America

Measurements

Puget Sound, USA (Jordan & Gilbert 1881)

Strait of Messina, Italy (Genovese 1954)

Aegen Sea, Turkey (Bilecenoglu et al. 2006)

Lower Central America

Females and immature males (n = 16)

Mature male (n = 1)

MBD/SL (%)

1.54

0.69

0.98–1.68

0.77–2.18

2.03

HL/SL (%)

9.81

6.79

9.11–9.15

5.55–14.58

7.32

Sn-L/HL (%)

80.95

68.11

64.64–66.67

50.42–70.31

19.16

Sn-D/SL (%

6.60

3.27

6.10–12.73

4.64

Sn-Pec/SL (%)

7.19

4.10

7.96–15.36

8.39

Sn-A/SL (%)

7.98

4.97

8.17–16.04

9.15

ID/HL (%)

6.52

4.53

2.40–5.47

10.31

ED/HL (%)

8.57

7.24

8.27–10.83

4.92–8.60

15.72

SL (mm)

543.5

1015

820.5–974.0

192–893

556

  1. Acronyms are listed in Table 1. Unavailable measurements are represented with an en-dash (−)