BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL. 46(4)


Table 9. Morphometric and meristic counts for Synodontis melanostictus. All morphometrics given in percent of
base measurement. *Meristic data for holotype. Abbreviations as in Table 3.


MEASUREMENT HOLOTYPE RANGE (n=8) 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
Humeral process length/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


20.0
25.8
36.3
29.4
32.4
24.9
25.2
97.3
77.0
60.0
51.3
17.0
41.0
38.8
32.6
125.5
100.8
45.3
44.9
96.6
97.8
33.1
79.8
75.6
41.5
43.8
200.1
113.0


 20.0-23.4
 25.8-28.4
 36.2-40.3
 16.1-34.5
 27.5-41.6
 23.3-27.5
 21.5-26.6
 90.6-98.6
 70.9-81.8
 60.0-70.8
 50.6-52.1
 16.4-19.3
 34.1-41.0
 34.5-38.8
 30.9-40.0
103.6-158.2
69.5-107.3
 26.6-51.2
 36.3-52.6
 88.6-104.0
 80.7-101.3
 31.5-38.1
 67.2-79.8
 67.4-75.6
 41.5-56.7
 43.8-55.8
200.1-255.9
66.9-116.4


 21.80.9
 26.70.9
 37.51.4
 25.05.0
 33.44.8
 25.31.7
 25.01.8
 95.12.8
 75.34.0
 66.53.6
 51.40.6
 17.51.0
 37.82.4
 36.21.4
 34.33.4
125.218.8
87.814.3
 41.58.2
 47.25.3
 94.55.5
 94.07.7
 34.22.1
 73.64.4
 70.52.7
 46.75.2
 48.64.0
238.217.4
100.116.8


MERISTICS


Mandibular tooth count

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


23(1); 27(3); 29(1); 31(1); 35(1);
36*(1)
II,7*(8)
1,9*(7); 1,10(1)
i,6*(8)
iii,9(2); iv,8,i(3); iv,9(2); v,9*(1)
i,7,8,i(5)
38(3); 39(2)