WRIGHT AND PAGE: Taxonomic revision of Lake Tanganyikan Synodontis


Table 5. Morphometric data and meristic counts for Synodontis granulosus. All morphometrics given in percent
of base measurement. *Meristic data for lectotype. Abbreviations as in Table 3.

MEASUREMENT LECTOTYPE RANGE (n=17) 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


28.1
27.7
36.9
26.4
28.5
26.5
23.8
94.8
88.4
63.7
47.4
14.8
43.6
42.6
44.1
103.1
70.5
24.8
35.2
95.7
86.0
31.2
92.0
89.9
34.0
34.7
321.8
124.6


 20.8-30.8
 27.4-31.7
 36.9-41.9
 25.6-39.0
 22.9-38.3
 24.3-31.9
 23.8-31.1
 90.1-105.2
 71.4-88.6
 57.4-76.4
 41.3-50.0
 14.8-22.6
 37.0-44.0
 37.0-44.5
 32.9-44.1
 81.4-122.6
 41.8-75.2
 20.8-32.3
 32.2-65.6
 85.5-110.3
 84.0-101.8
 31.2-50.2
 81.0-96.0
 80.3-107.9
 34.0-60.6
 34.7-61.1
253.8-437.2
93.4-154.5


 25.22.8
 28.81.4
 38.91.4
 30.03.7
 31.14.7
 28.32.2
 27.01.9
 97.03.7
 81.64.5
 67.05.7
 46.42.1
 19.42.3
 41.02.2
 40.21.9
 37.53.7
107.412.6
 58.89.0
 27.53.6
 47.89.6
 98.28.8
 93.65.9
 41.96.2
 88.34.1
 86.66.5
 47.57.3
 48.46.8
333.852.0
126.616.4


MERISTICS


Mandibular tooth count


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


Caudal fin count
Total vertebrae count


28(1); 32(1); 36(2); 37(1); 42(1);
43(1); 44(2); 45(1); 46*(2); 48(1);
51(1)
I1,7*(13); II,7,i(1); 11,8(3)
1,7(3); 1,8(14)
i,6*(15); i,7(2)
iii,8*(2); iii,9(1); iv,6,i(1); iv,7(3);
iv,8(2); iv,8,i(l); iv,9,i(1); v,7(1);
v,7,i(l); v,8(3);
i,7,8,i(5)
38(3), 39(1)