WRIGHT AND PAGE: Taxonomic revision of Lake Tanganyikan Synodontis


Table 4. Morphometrics and meristic counts for S. grandiops. All morphometrics given in percent of base measure-
ment. *Meristic data for holotype. Abbreviations as in Table 3.


MEASUREMENT HOLOTYPE S. grandiops (n=25) MEANSD


Body depth/SL
Head length/SL
Snout-dorsal length/SL
Adipose fin length/SL
Maxillary barbel length/SL
Dorsal spine length/SL
Pectoral spine length/SL
Head width/HL
Head depth/HL
HPL/HL
Snout length/HL
Eye/HL
Interorbital width/HL
Postorbital length/HL
Mouth length/HL
Maxillary barbel length/HL
LMB/HL
MMB/HL
MMB/LMB
Dorsal spine length/HL
Pectoral spine length/HL
Eye/Snout length
Interorbital width/Snout length
Postorbital length/Snout length
Eye/Interorbital width
Eye/Postorbital length
HPL/HPD
CPL/CPD


27.2
30.2
39.5
33.1
26.3
27.8

78.1
75.8
56.4
41.1
30.0
34.9
35.6
28.3
95.4
53.5
27.4
51.2
91.9

72.9
85.0
86.6
85.8
84.2
286.6
107.7


 20.2-27.2
 27.8-32.4
 35.1-43.0
 20.3-33.1
 26.3-37.8
 21.7-31.1
 22.7-32.4
 73.0-92.9
 69.0-83.2
 52.0-62.8
 39.4-46.6
 27.4-31.9
 26.1-37.4
 31.4-41.3
 28.0-37.7
 90.2-127.0
 45.9-68.2
 20.4-44.2
 44.4-65.5
 73.2-103.6
 76.6-108.0
 64.2-81.0
 58.4-85.0
 69.5-100.0
 77.7-120.7
 73.7-100.2
241.4-431.9
107.7-189.6


 23.21.8
 29.61.0
 39.21.8
 27.93.3
 30.93.4
 27.02.8
 27.12.8
 80.64.4
 75.33.6
 55.92.5
 42.71.8
 29.71.4
 31.92.9
 35.32.3
 31.92.5
104.310.3
 55.55.9
 30.34.6
 54.65.7
 91.210.1
 92.09.9
 69.74.6
 74.66.4
 83.07.6
 94.211.8
 84.57.3
310.838.4
144.418.9


MERISTICS


Mandibular tooth count

Dorsal fin count
Pectoral fin count
Pelvic fin count
Anal fin count



Caudal fin count
Total vertebrae count


17(1); 18(2); 19(2); 20(4); 21(6);
22*(3); 23(1); 24(4); 25(1); 26(1);
II,7*(25)
I,7*(21); I,7,i(4)
i,6*(25)
iii,6(1); iii,6,i(1); iii,7(3); iii,7,i(1);
iv,6(1); iv,6,i(1); iv,7*(13);
iv,7,i(1); iv,8(3)
i,7,8,i(3)
34(3)