Table 1
Morphological characters compared between the present specimen and previous studies on F. scriptissimus

Morphological characters

Present study

Jordon (1902)

Araga (1984)

Pietsch and Grobecker (1987)

Senou (2002)

Total length (mm)

350.0 (n = 1)

350.0 (n = 1)

- (n = 5)

Standard length (mm)

291.0

99.0–280.0

280.0

Count

 Dorsal fin rays (bifurcate rays)

13 (7)

III-12

III-13

13 (7–9)

13

 Pectoral fin rays

13

13

13

13

 Pelvic fins rays

I, 5

5

5

I, 5

 Anal fin rays

8

8

8

8

8

 Caudal fin rays

9

9

9