BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL. 46(4)


Table 10. Morphometrics and meristic counts for Synodontis multipunctatus. All morphometrics given in percent of
base measurement. *Meristic data for holotype. Abbreviations as in Table 3.

 MEASUREMENT HOLOTYPE RANGE (n=66) 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


28.8
28.6
39.2
25.2
34.6
27.0
26.2
88.2
96.8
59.8
47.1
22.2
42.7
39.1
34.3
120.7
53.6
27.0
50.4
94.2
91.4
47.1
90.7
83.0
51.9
56.8
267.7
130.8


 19.6-29.4
 26.2-33.2
 35.8-42.7
 23.9-34.9
 21.5-48.6
 22.7-35.3
 21.1-31.3
 78.5-92.7
 69.3-96.7
 47.8-66.0
 41.8-50.8
 21.6-30.2
 29.7-42.7
 29.7-41.7
 24.2-42.3
 68.3-133.8
 39.9-78.1
 18.2-39.0
 33.0-67.2
 73.2-111.3
 66.9-106.0
 44.9-62.0
 64.3-90.7
 61.7-94.5
 51.9-87.6
 55.6-91.0
221.2-414.9
109.8-190.2


 24.32.2
 30.01.3
 40.01.3
 29.22.2
 31.15.1
 26.92.4
 26.81.8
 84.03.1
 77.75.3
 57.03.9
 45.81.6
 25.31.7
 35.02.2
 37.32.1
 32.83.5
102.416.4
 54.48.7
 27.54.5
 51.06.8
 89.69.2
 89.37.4
 55.43.9
 76.64.7
 81.76.0
 72.56.3
 68.16.9
307.636.5
142.118.6


MERISTICS


Mandibular tooth count



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



Caudal fin count
Total vertebrae count


13(2); 14(4); 15(3); 16(6); 17(4);
18(8); 19*(5); 20(5); 21(6);
22(10); 23(3); 24(6); 26(3); 29(1)
II,7*(66)
I,8*(66)
i,6*(66)
iii,6(9); iii,6,i(2); iii,7(28);
iii,7,i(5); iii,8*(10); iv,6 (4);
iv,6,i(2); iv,7(3); iv,7,i(1), iv,8(2)
i,7,8,i(4)
33(3); 34(1)