Table 1 Measurements of larvae and juveniles of Porocottus leptosomus. Values for each body proportion are expressed as percentage of body length (BL) or head length (HL): mean and range

Number of specimens

10

52

14

5

14

Body length (mm)

3.9–5.6

5.2–10

9.4–11.8

11.8–12.6

11.4–16.5

Preanal length/SL (%)

38.5–50.0

(44.5)

32.9–48.3

(39.3)

34.5–50.5

(40.4)

41.3–50.0

(44.9)

39.8–57.0

(45.8)

Head length/SL (%)

20.5–30.0

(26.3)

17.3–29.3

(22.5)

20.5–33.6

(25.4)

24.0–29.7

(26.8)

23.6–35.2

(29.5)

Body depth/SL (%)

17.9–27.8

(23.0)

15.6–27.6

(21.0)

17.1–27.4

(21.4)

21.5–25.4

(23.2)

19.5–26.1

(22.9)

Pectoral fin length/SL (%)

6.6–12.0

(8.6)

8.5–13.3

(10.4)

12.0–25.3

(18.4)

19.0–23.2

(21.1)

17.3–26.1

(22.3)

Snout length/HL (%)

13.3–27.3

(19.6)

12.5–26.3

(20.3)

16.7–29.6

(23.2)

23.3–27.6

(25.0)

20.0–26.3

(23.2)

Eye diameter/HL (%)

35.7–63.6

(46.3)

29.4–46.7

(39.3)

25.0–41.7

(35.6)

29.4–34.5

(32.4)

28.2–38.7

(35.0)