Table 1 Basic statistics (Mean ± SD) and percentage of occurrence of primary radii (R1) counts of the scales of the studied Nemipterus species.

From: Scale morphometry, geometry and ultrastructure of three Nemipterus species from the Egyptian part of the Red Sea

Species

Regions

N

R1

Mean ± SD

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

N. zysron

BDFS

100

0

8

38

39

14

1

0

6.62 ± 0.86

POS

56

1.79

8.93

26.79

33.93

19.64

7.14

1.79

6.89 ± 1.2

BLLS

53

5.66

33.96

45.28

15.09

0

0

0

5.7 ± 0.8

CPS

50

4

6

36

36

16

2

0

6.6 ± 1.03

N. randalli

BDFS

50

20

46

24

10

0

0

0

5.24 ± 0.9

POS

41

2.44

19.51

19.51

39.02

12.20

7.32

0

6.61 ± 1.22

BLLS

51

21.57

56.86

21.57

0

0

0

0

5 ± 0.66

CPS

40

17.5

35

32.5

12.5

2.5

0

0

5.48 ± 1.01

N. japonicus

BDFS

40

7.5

35

37.5

20

0

0

0

5.7 ± 0.9

POS

40

2.5

2.5

10

27.5

35

22.5

0

7.58 ± 1.17

BLLS

40

5

30

57.5

5

2.5

0

0

5.7 ± 0.76

CPS

40

12.5

45

40

2.5

0

0

0

5.33 ± 0.73

  1. No. of scales (N), Beneath dorsal-fin scales (BDFS), post-operculum scales (POS), and beneath the lateral line scales (BLLS), caudal peduncle scales (CPS).