BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL. 46(4)


Table 11. Morphometric measurements and meristic counts for Synodontis petricola. All morphometrics given in
percent of base measurement. *Meristic data for holotype. Abbreviations as in Table 3.

 MEASUREMENT HOLOTYPE RANGE (n=38) 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


21.6
27.9
36.6
33.9
18.7
22.9
21.8
84.7
66.5
39.4
52.6
16.4
41.9
37.7
42.1
67.0
59.4
28.0
47.2
82.1
77.9
31.2
79.5
71.6
39.3
43.6
143.2
84.5


 14.3-25.0
 26.5-30.5
 32.6-40.2
 22.6-44.7
 12.5-29.8
 17.6-27.0
 18.2-26.6
 75.6-95.0
 53.7-76.9
 39.4-57.6
 49.6-60.9
 15.1-22.3
 27.7-47.2
 31.8-41.2
 37.0-52.9
 45.2-97.7
 37.3-72.8
 16.3-36.0
 34.9-68.7
 61.1-98.8
 64.9-97.4
 28.7-40.1
 53.9-83.0
 52.3-75.7
 38.4-62.9
 41.2-60.9
192.1-333.9
66.3-129.9


 20.32.6
 28.51.0
 36.51.6
 34.34.4
 22.43.6
 21.92.7
 21.82.0
 83.64.6
 63.25.4
 46.64.0
 53.12.3
 17.81.4
 35.04.6
 35.31.9
 43.84.1
 78.512.1
 54.98.1
 25.34.2
 46.77.1
 77.69.4
 77.17.0
 33.62.5
 65.87.0
 66.64.6
 51.66.2
 50.75.2
245.935.4
92.617.0


MERISTICS


Mandibular tooth count


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

Caudal fin count
Total vertebrae count


31(1); 33(1); 34(2); 35(1); 36(2);
37(2); 38(5); 39(6); 40(4); 41*(4);
42(4); 43(1); 45(3); 47(1); 50(1)
II,6(3); II,7*(35)
I,8*(25); 1,9(13)
i,6*(38)
iii,8(2); iii,9(4); iv,7(3); iv,7,i(4);
iv,8*(18); iv,8,i(5); iv,9(2)
i,7,8,i(18)
33(2); 34(12); 35(4)