Number of specimens examined, the range and arithmetic mean for each of 10 morphological characters for each of three species of the genus Anarchias.

                       A. cantonensis

A. exulatus

B. schultzi

 

N

Range

Mean

N

Range

Mean

N

Range

Mean

Total Length (TL) (mm)

73

49-217

NA

28

58-293

NA

11

39-159

NA

Snout-anus (%TL)

68

45.1-50.6

47.0

28

40.3-45.1

43.1

11

41.5-45.4

43.8

Head Length (HL) (%TL)

68

11.3-15.0

13.1

28

11.9-15.0

13.1

10

11.6-14.6

12.9

Depth at Anus (%TL)

67

2.9-6.1

4.3

28

3.2-5.5

4.0

10

3.4-5.4

4.0

Eye (%TL)

69

7.2-12.9

9.6

28

8.1-11.0

9.9

10

8.1-11.0

9.4

Snout -eye (%HL)

69

10.9-20.9

15.6

28

13.2-16.9

15.3

10

13.8-17.3

15.4

Snout-rictus (%HL)

69

28.3-40.7

35.1

28

26.0-35.0

31.5

10

31.8-36.2

34.0

Predorsal vertebrae

64

86-94

91.0

28

96-105

100.3

10

93-100

96.2

Preanal vertebrae

62

89-97

93.4

27

97-107

102.7

9

96-103

98.6

Total vertebrae

68

98-108

103.6

27

110-117

113.9

10

105-113

108.8