The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan Author Amaoka, Kunio Author Ho, Hsuan-Ching text Zootaxa 2019 2019-12-04 4702 1 155 215 journal article 24734 10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.18 d2251320-5eef-450d-9703-2d2004e4962b 1175-5326 3562779 9108DB7D-3722-4F5C-BD76-F387E813BECB Engyprosopon multisquama Amaoka, 1963 Manyscaled flounder; ŧâẽüľ Tables 7–8 Engyprosopon multisquama Amaoka, 1963b:111 ( Type locality: Susaki, Kochi Prefecture , Japan ). Synonymy as shown in Amaoka & Ho (2018) . Specimens examined. As listed in Amaoka & Ho (2018) . Also other specimens in NMMB-P collection. TABLE 8. Frequency of four meristic data of nine Engyprosopon species in Taiwan . Data of E. xystrias are taken from other localities, except for one (marked by *) from Taiwan .

Lateral-line scales
n	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52
E. brevifrontale	2	2
E. grandisquama	10	3	0	2	3	0	2
E. longipelvis	3	1	0	0	2
E. maldivense	9	1	2	4	1	1
E. mogkii	2	1	1
E. mozambiquense	12	1	1	1	3	2	3	1
E. multisquama	9	2	2	1	1	2	1
E. parvipectorale	6	1	1	2	2
E. xystrias	10	1	2*	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1
Gill rakers (upper + lower)
n	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	+	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
E. brevifrontale	2	2	1	1
E. grandisquama	10	10	1	8	1
E. longipelvis	3	3	3
E. maldivense	13	9	1	0	3	5	7	1
E. mogkii	2	2	1	0	1
E. mozambiquense	14	14	12	2
E. multisquama	10	10	10
E. parvipectorale	6	6	1	4	1
E. xystrias	10	3*	0	0	3	2	1	1	3*	1	0	3	2	1
Pectoral-fin rays				Vertebrae (precaudal+caudal)
n	10	11	12	13	14	n	10	+	24	25	26	27
E. brevifrontale	2	2	2	2	2
E. grandisquama	10	3	6	1	10	10	10
E. longipelvis	3	2	1	3	3	3
E. maldivense	13	2	6	5	13	13	8	5
E. mogkii	2	1	1	2	2	1	1
E. mozambiquense	14	4	9	1	14	14	3	11
E. multisquama	10	4	5	1	9	9	2	7
E. parvipectorale	6	1	4	0	0	1	3	3	2	1
E. xystrias	10	7*	3	9	9*	1	4*	4

Diagnostic features. D 89–98; A 68–75; P 10–12; C 3+11+3=17; LLs 45–50; GR 0+6–7=6–7; vert. 10+25– 26=35–36. Body narrowly ovate, greatest depth less than 53.5% SL; caudal fin with a pair of black blotches, arranged between the second and fourth fin rays from the uppermost and lowermost fin rays; pectoral fin on ocularside with greatly elongate filament, longer in males than females; gill rakers not serrate. Size. Reaching 105 cm SL in Taiwan ; up to 137 mm SL in southern Japan ( Amaoka, 1969 ). Distribution. Northeastern, western and southwestern Taiwan ; from southern Japan to possibly Mekong River (Amoaka, unpubl. data).