BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL. 46(4)


Table 12. Morphometric measurements and meristic counts for Synodontis polli. All morphometrics given in per-
cent 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


22.0
28.2
38.6
35.8
13.6
19.2
22.5
86.6
73.1
44.6
55.7
18.8
43.3
35.4
57.3
48.0
41.9
25.0
59.6
68.2
79.8
33.7
77.8
63.6
43.3
53.0
192.8
127.5


 20.2-27.0
 26.3-32.6
 35.2-41.4
 29.2-45.6
 10.6-28.3
 12.8-23.4
 17.8-25.0
 79.6-94.5
 61.9-79.6
 35.0-51.5
 50.8-60.2
 15.1-21.2
 31.8-44.3
 30.9-38.2
 44.4-62.2
 45.4-93.5
 30.9-67.1
 15.5-31.5
 34.1-69.3
 42.9-80.1
 59.8-84.0
 25.8-39.3
 57.2-81.0
 52.4-69.7
 38.3-60.9
 41.4-66.3
146.8-252.2
86.9-144.0


 23.01.7
 29.81.2
 37.91.4
 35.63.4
 19.23.8
 19.62.5
 22.01.6
 85.83.1
 68.63.2
 43.83.4
 55.21.8
 18.41.3
 36.92.8
 34.41.4
 54.64.0
 65.111.7
 48.37.6
 23.43.1
 49.17.6
 65.78.7
 73.85.6
 33.42.7
 67.05.2
 62.33.3
 50.15.0
 53.74.8
192.624.9
1080+12.6


MERISTICS


Mandibular tooth count


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

Caudal fin count
Total vertebrae count


40(1); 41(1); 43(3); 44(2); 45(3);
46(3);_47(3); 48(1); 49(2); 50(5);
51(1); 52(6); 53(4); 54(6); 55(3);
56(2); 57(1); 58(3); 60(2); 61(1);
62(3); 63*(3); 65(1); 66(1); 67(1);
70(1)
II,7*(66)
1,8(32); I,9*(33)
i,6*(65)
iii,8(5); iii,8,i(4); iii,9(ll); iv,7(4);
iv,8*(28); iv,8,i(4); iv,9(9); v,7(1)
i,7,8,i(8)
35(2); 36(4); 37(2)