本研究中為了瞭解鱸形目中擬金眼鯛科的骨骼特徵，選取了南方緣擬金眼鯛作為主要描述的物種，並選了擬金眼鯛科中擬金眼鯛屬的暗擬金眼鯛 (Pempheris adusta) 與充金眼鯛屬的雷氏充金眼鯛 (Parapriacanthus ransonntei)、天竺鯛科 (Apogonidae) 下的雙斑天竺鯛 (Apogon binotatus)、發光鯛科 (Acropomatidae) 下的美軟魚 (Malakichthys elegans) 以及葉鯛科 (Glaucosomatidae) 下的葉鯛 (Glaucosoma buergeri) 做為比較的物種，以探討不同分類階元間的差異，並試著找出擬金眼鯛科與各階元間差異的特徵。
研究結果除描述南方緣擬金眼鯛的骨骼細部外，首先比較同屬內之暗擬金眼鯛後，發現兩者在骨骼形態差異，南方緣擬金眼鯛臀鰭鰭條數 (Ⅳ-41) 與暗擬金眼鯛臀鰭鰭條數 (Ⅲ-43) 不同以及肋骨在脊椎骨起始的位置南方緣擬金眼鯛 (Ⅲ) 與暗擬金眼鯛 (Ⅳ) 也不相同。擬金眼鯛科內的擬金眼鯛屬與充金眼鯛屬比較發現，充金眼鯛屬在中翼狀骨上具圓形凸起、下顎骨之骨關節呈沙漏形、舌弓骨上不具孔洞以及背鰭第一背鰭支鰭骨呈細棒狀形態，而擬金眼鯛屬中翼狀骨上不具圓形凸起、下顎骨之骨節呈半圓形、舌弓骨上具一孔洞以及背鰭第一背鰭支鰭骨不呈細棒狀。不同科別間的比較發現擬金眼鯛科第三眼眶骨具有眼眶下骨突起的結構 (subocular shelf) (葉鯛科Ⅱ;天竺鯛科Ⅱ)、胸鰭鳥喙骨平整且發達、顱部翼耳骨分岔以及胸鰭支鰭骨與體軸角度明顯較小，此四項特徵都是與天竺鯛科、發光鯛科以及葉鯛科加以區分的特徵。

This study describes not only the osteology of Pempheris schwenkii but also diagnostic characteristics of selected taxa. P. schwenkii can be distinguished from P. adusta by the numbers of anal fin rays (IV-41 vs. III-43) and the position of first rib (3rd vs. 4th vertebra). The genus Parapriacanthus is distinguished from Pempheris by four characteristics, including absence of the metapterygoid with a circular protrusion (vs. presence in Parapriacanthus), the mandible retroarticular semicircular (vs. hourglass-like in Parapriacanthus), presence of foramen of hyoid arch (vs. absence in Parapriacanthus), and the dorsal fin first pterygiophore not thin and rod-like (vs. thin and rod-like in Parapriacanthus). The study compared with the Apogonidae, Acropomatidae, Glaucosomatidae and Pempheridae families. The first of different characteristic is the third infraorbital has subocular shelf, second of different characteristic is in pectoral fin has smooth and strong coracoid, third of different characteristic the skeleton of pterotic is branch-shaped, fourth of different characteristic the small angle of actinosts and body axis. And found that has four different characteristics unlike with the Pempheridae and other families.

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