WRIGHT AND PAGE: Taxonomic revision of Lake Tanganyikan Synodontis


Table 13. Morphometric and meristic counts for Synodontis tanganaicae. All morphometrics given in percent of
base measurement. *Meristic data for lectotype. Abbreviations as in Table 3.


 MEASUREMENT LECTOTYPE RANGE (n=17) 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


23.9
36.5
48.2
32.8
40.0
23.8
24.7
81.9
72.0
42.6
57.8
13.0
38.4
36.1
45.5
109.7
42.9
16.6
38.7
65.2
67.8
22.5
66.4
62.4
33.8
36.0
198.4
149.4


 20.8-26.4
 31.5-36.5
 41.2-48.6
 21.9-32.8
 29.8-46.3
 21.1-27.6
 19.0-27.2
 79.4-94.1
 66.1-84.1
 38.1-55.2
 51.1-60.6
 9.7-14.6
 35.0-45.0
 35.1-40.4
 30.1-47.2
 90.7-138.5
 36.4-66.4
 12.4-23.5
 29.2-43.4
 63.5-87.4
 57.9-83.2
 16.0-26.9
 60.3-83.5
 59.8-78.5
 23.9-38.0
 23.3-39.6
172.9-255.4
98.6-149.8


 24.41.5
 33.11.4
 43.52.2
 25.82.8
 38.15.1
 24.12.1
 23.02.4
 87.54.0
 73.74.0
 46.45.1
 55.42.2
 12.81.4
 39.52.6
 38.01.7
 43.14.0
116.315.8
 52.37.0
 19.63.2
 37.64.2
 73.37.5
 69.46.8
 23.23.1
 71.56.4
 68.65.1
 32.43.6
 33.24.4
211.422.5
127.815.0


MERISTICS

Mandibular tooth count 38(3); 39(1); 41(2); 42(1); 43*(3);
 44(1); 46(1); 47(3); 48(1); 49(1)
Dorsal fin count II,7*(15); II,7,i(l); 11,8(1)
Pectoral fin count I,8*(4); 1,9(13)
Pelvic fin count i,6*(16); i,7(1)
Anal fin count iii,8(1); iv,7*(2); iv,8(8); iv,8,i(l);
 iv,9(1); v,7(1); v,8(1); v,8,i(1)