WRIGHT AND PAGE: Taxonomic revision of Lake Tanganyikan Synodontis


Table 8. Morphometrics and meristic counts for S. lucipinnis. All morphometrics given in percent of base measure-
ment. *Meristic data for holotype. Abbreviations as in Table 3.


MEASUREMENT HOLOTYPE RANGE (N= 18) 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


22.2
27.6
36.5
35.5
27.5
18.7
17.2
84.4
64.5
48.0
54.6
18.3
33.1
33.6
57.2
99.5
50.0
24.4
48.7
67.7
62.0
33.4
60.5
61.5
55.3
54.4
262.8
94.2


 15.7-23.9
 27.6-31.2
 35.7-40.3
 27.6-38.7
 20.7-27.5
 17.6-22.8
 17.2-24.2
 76.0-86.1
 55.0-64.5
 41.5-50.1
 51.4-55.0
 13.9-18.5
 28.5-37.1
 33.6-38.6
 41.5-57.2
 68.5-99.5
 42.6-60.4
 19.3-28.3
 42.4-61.8
 59.2-76.6
 62.0-79.8
 25.2-35.8
 53.8-71.9
 61.5-75.1
 43.9-58.5
 39.5-54.4
213.7-319.1
87.1-141.4


 20.02.7
 29.81.0
 38.11.4
 32.62.9
 23.01.9
 19.61.4
 21.31.8
 82.92.7
 59.62.5
 46.02.5
 53.01.1
 16.61.3
 32.02.3
 35.91.3
 48.83.9
 77.47.7
 49.84.7
 24.12.4
 48.65.3
 66.24.6
 71.44.9
 31.42.7
 60.54.8
 67.93.4
 52.04.6
 46.23.8
262.824.3
104.415.7


MERISTICS


Mandibular tooth count

Dorsal fin count
Pectoral fin count
Pelvic fin count
Anal fin count
Caudal fin count
Total vertebrae count


35(2); 36(3); 38(4); 39(2); 41(2);
43(1); 44(1); 47*(2); 51(1)
H,7*(17); II,7,i(1)
1,8*(17); 1,9(1)
i,6*(18)
iv,8*(12); iv,8,i(2); iv, 9(4)
i,7,8,i(10)
34(3); 35(6)