Neomerinthe megalepis ( Fowler, 1938 )
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https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2024.63-37 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A6B87A4-FFB0-FFD5-FCD3-01E8FA62FC36 |
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Felipe |
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Neomerinthe megalepis ( Fowler, 1938 ) |
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Neomerinthe megalepis ( Fowler, 1938) View in CoL
Remarks: No specimen was examined in this study. The first record was reported by Chen (1981) based on six specimens (CAS27744, SDSC73-37, SIO80-206, SIO80-207, SIO80-208, SIO80-221) from Tungkang, Pingtung. But these specimens showed more scales in longitudinal series (36–41), a discrepancy from the 25–30 scales in the original description ( Fowler 1938; Herre 1952). These specimens are actually N. kaufmani based on the number of longitudinal series. We also examined a specimen (ASIZP0064297) originally identified as N. megalepis and found that it is a misidentification of N. kaufmani . However, some specimens of N. megalepis were collected from Taiwanese waters by Matsumoto and Motomura (2024).
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