TABLE 1. Morphometric and meristic data of Gnathophis specimens from the Arabian Sea, India Gnathophis ajithiGnathophis anilmohapatraiGnathophis arabicusHolotypeRangeHolotypeRangeHolotypeRangeTotal length (mm)343347–484 (n=6)234210–255 (n=9)255190–255 (n=6)%TLPreanal length39.737.3–42.640.038.7–42.233.735.2–39.0Predorsal length20.719.4–20.719.317.4–19.617.116.5–19.4Head length18.318.0–19.117.515.7–17.515.214.1–16.0Trunk21.319.7–24.422.422.4–25.622.119.7–24.1Tail60.357.4–62.860.057.8–61.362.761.0–64.8Depth at anus3.74.0–4.63.93.8–4.53.12.8–3.4Width at anus2.83.2–3.73.42.8–3.42.22.2–2.5Depth at gill opening5.25.6–7.15.94.1–5.94.93.6–4.9Width at gill opening4.23.7–4.63.62.9–3.92.42.4–2.9%HLSnout25.224.5–26.827.123.8–29.822.921.6–24.5Eye17.715.7–17.717.618.0–22.118.917.4–23.9Interorbital13.29.6–13.211.57.3–13.612.410.5–12.8Upper jaw33.131.0–33.536.737.0–39.033.632.4–35.1Lower jaw27.925.0–27.927.627.6–31.825.325.2–29.8Gill opening11.710.6–16.012.76.4–13.915.19.0–15.1Interbranchial18.217.6–24.417.917.9–25.518.614.6–18.8Pectoral fin24.724.7–28.523.422.4–29.728.625.9–31.4VertebraePre-dorsal109–10109–11109–10Pre-anal2928–344240–424039–40Pre-caudal3633–384847–484544–46Total vertebrae124122–126136133–138145143–146Lateral-line poresPre-pectoral76–766–776–7Pre-dorsal107–1088–9119–12Pre-anal2729–333836–404036–41

Published as part of Kodeeswaran, Paramasivam & Karmovskaya, Emma S., 2025, Three new species of the congrid eel genus Gnathophis (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the Arabian Sea, pp. 91 in Zootaxa 5725 (1) on page 91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/17868271