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Table 1 Morphometric and meristic data for †Warilochromis gen. nov

From: New haplochromine cichlid from the upper Miocene (9–10 MYA) of Central Kenya

Measurement

mm / % of SL

Counts

Total length

81.9/118.8

Dorsal fin

XIV, 10

Standard length

68.9

Anal fin

III, 9

Body length

45.9/66.6

Pelvic fin

I, 5

Head length

22.9/33.3

Caudal fin

4 + i + 7 + 7 + i + 5

Head depth

23.3/33.8

Vertebrae

33 (19 + 14)

Length of dorsal fin base

31.1/45.2

VtPtLDs

17

Length of anal fin base

12.1/17.5

  

Length of pelvic fin base

3.5/5.0

  

Length of pelvic fin spine

10.0/14.6

 

Length of caudal fin

16.0/23.2

  

Maximum body depth

21.7/31.4

 

Depth of body at anal fin

19.6/28.4

  

Minimum body depth

8.6/12.5

 

Predorsal distance

27.5/39.9

  

Postdorsal distance

23.2/33.7

Preanal distance

44.3/64.3

 

Length of caudal peduncle

13.4/19.5

Prepelvic distance

23.4/33.9

 

Length of lower oral jaw

9.8/14.3

Length of premaxillary ascending process

5.6/8.2

 

Length of premaxilla

7.2/10.5

  1. Abbreviation: VtPtLDs Ordinal number of the vertebra associated with pterygiophore of last dorsal fin spine