WRIGHT AND PAGE: Taxonomic revision of Lake Tanganyikan Synodontis


Table 6. Morphometric and meristic counts for Synodontis ilebrevis. All morphometrics given in percent of base
measurement. *Meristic data for holotype. Abbreviations as in Table 3.

MEASUREMENT HOLOTYPE RANGE (n= 15) 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


19.2
29.6
36.5
43.6
13.4
17.8
20.3
83.5
67.9
37.1
55.4
18.5
35.0
36.7
54.1
45.1
32.9
19.3
58.5
60.2
68.6
33.4
63.1
66.2
52.9
50.4
163.2
101.3


 18.2-20.1
 27.5-30.6
 34.9-38.3
 31.2-44.8
 12.9-26.4
 16.1-22.3
 17.6-23.8
 78.2-86.6
 63.6-73.8
 36.9-46.4
 53.4-59.2
 14.5-18.5
 33.6-40.3
 34.0-36.9
 49.0-57.0
 44.0-92.3
 32.4-53.9
 16.2-26.4
 34.7-63.1
 55.1-74.9
 59.2-79.1
 26.0-33.4
 61.4-73.8
 57.4-68.0
 38.2-53.0
 42.5-52.6
149.0-228.0
94.7-117.0


 19.30.6
 29.21.0
 36.31.1
 38.44.0
 18.23.8
 18.61.8
 21.01.9
 82.92.6
 68.43.0
 40.92.6
 56.01.6
 17.11.1
 36.51.7
 35.51.0
 52.02.2
 62.514.0
 43.15.8
 20.82.9
 49.29.1
 63.65.8
 71.96.6
 30.62.3
 65.23.2
 63.43.0
 47.04.3
 48.32.7
169.520.4
107.07.4


MERISTICS


Mandibular tooth count



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

Caudal fin count
Total vertebrae count


50(1); 52(1); 54(1); 55(1); 57(1);
58(3); 59(2); 60(2); 62(1); 64(1);
66*(1)
II,7*(15)
1,8(10); I,9*(5)
i,6*(15)
iii,7(1); iv,7(1); iv,7,i(2); iv,8(5);
iv,8,i*(3); iv,9(l); iv,9,i(1); v,9(1)
i,7,8,i*(10)
35*(4); 36(6)