Table 19. Morphometrics for Brachyhypopomus sullivani. HT, holotype; SD, standard deviation; dr., drainage. Ranges for the type region refer to the holotype and to paratype specimens (and also non-types for caudal filament length as % of TL). Ranges for the other populations refer to non-type specimens from the lower río Beni of Bolivia, and the upper río Orinoco of Venezuela, respectively.
Upper Amazonas dr. (type region) Upper Madeira drainage Upper Orinoco drainage
HT Range Mean SD n Range Mean SD n Range Mean SD n
Total length (TL) (mm) 108 62-123 92 16.4 111 65-127 105 27.9 6 75-126 94 17.1 9
Length to end of anal fin (LEA) (mm) 91 51-106 77 13.7 111 56-98 80 18.4 7 60-123 84 19.3 14
Head length (HL) (mm) 10.7 8.6-11.7 10.2 0.8 16 6.8-11.5 9.5 1.9 7 7.6-13.2 10.1 1.8 15
Proportion of TL (%)
Caudal filament length (CF) 15.7 12.7-23.9 16.5 1.8 111 15.0-20.7 17.3 2.7 6 14.6-22.8 18.8 2.6 9
Proportion of LEA (%)
Head length (HL) 11.7 10.5-12.2 11.3 0.5 16 11.3-12.1 11.9 0.3 7 10.7-13.1 12.0 0.4 14
Snout to occiput (SO) 9.2 8.5-10.2 9.2 0.4 16 8.9-10.0 9.5 0.4 7 6.7-10.7 9.7 1.2 14
Snout to anal-fin origin (SA) 20.9 19.1-22.2 21.0 0.9 16 20.0-23.3 21.3 1.3 7 19.2-22.7 20.7 1.1 14
Snout to pectoral-fin base (PP) 12.6 11.9-13.2 12.6 0.4 16 12.2-13.9 13.0 0.7 7 11.4-15.0 13.2 0.8 14
Longest pectoral-fin ray (PRL) 6.4 5.8-7.0 6.4 0.3 16 5.1-6.1 5.6 0.5 7 5.1-6.5 5.8 0.3 13
Anal fin length (AF) 79.1 78.6-81.9 80.1 1.0 16 75.0-80.6 78.6 2.1 7 76.3-81.3 79.2 1.5 13
Longest anal-fin ray (ARL) 4.7 4.6-5.8 4.9 0.4 16 4.1-5.1 4.6 0.4 7 4.2-6.4 5.0 0.7 13
Body depth at anal-fin origin (BD1) 11.0 9.6-11.6 10.7 0.6 16 10.1-11.7 11.1 0.6 7 9.3-11.2 9.9 0.7 13
Body width at anal-fin origin (BW1) 5.2 4.2-5.9 5.0 0.4 16 5.2-6.7 6.1 0.6 7 4.9-8.4 5.9 1.1 13
Body depth at anal-fin middle (BD2) 9.9 8.2-10.6 9.5 0.7 16 9.3-11.8 10.7 1.0 7 8.7-10.6 9.4 0.7 13
Body width at anal-fin middle (BW2) 2.9 2.6-3.9 3.0 0.4 16 2.9-3.8 3.5 0.4 7 2.6-4.0 3.3 0.5 13
Caudal filament length (CF) 18.7 16.2-24.2 19.6 2.3 16 17.9-26.0 21.4 3.6 6 17.1-30.7 23.9 4.0 13
Proportion of HL (%)
Preorbital distance (PR) 28.5 20.5-28.5 25.7 2.1 16 24.4-27.9 25.8 1.2 8 23.6-30.6 27.4 1.3 15
Mouth width (MW) 29.1 22.0-30.7 27.1 2.4 16 27.0-33.3 29.7 2.5 8 20.3-30.4 25.6 2.9 15
Internarial distance (AE) 20.8 18.5-22.9 20.6 1.2 16 19.8-21.7 20.9 0.8 8 19.1-24.5 22.2 1.8 15
Posterior naris to eye (PE) 5.5 4.3-6.6 5.6 0.5 16 3.5-6.0 4.7 0.9 8 3.1-7.3 5.2 0.8 15
Orbital diameter (OD) 10.3 6.6-12.6 10.3 1.5 16 9.1-11.4 10.2 1.0 8 9.5-11.5 10.4 0.7 15
Interorbital distance (IO) 20.3 15.6-22.9 19.2 1.8 16 20.5-27.1 24.1 2.7 8 17.4-23.5 21.0 1.7 15
Head depth at eye (HD1) 45.5 39.8-47.6 43.9 2.4 16 43.0-47.0 45.2 1.5 8 38.5-43.9 41.1 1.7 15
Head width at eye (HW1) 33.8 31.2-40.9 35.4 2.9 16 36.8-40.8 38.4 1.6 8 32.1-40.4 35.7 1.9 15
Head depth at occiput (HD2) 71.3 63.1-76.5 69.2 3.7 16 66.7-74.1 69.4 2.7 8 58.8-68.1 63.8 2.9 15
Head width at occiput (HW2) 45.8 43.4-51.3 46.8 2.6 16 50.0-54.4 52.5 1.5 8 45.2-51.5 48.6 1.6 15
Postorbital distance (PO) 52.5 51.8-71.7 63.3 5.5 16 60.0-67.6 65.3 2.8 8 60.7-67.4 63.4 1.6 15
Branchial aperture (BO) 19.6 15.8-21.5 19.4 1.6 16 18.8-22.1 20.8 1.3 8 16.3-23.9 19.4 2.3 15
Pectoral-fin base (PB) 9.6 9.4-12.6 10.5 0.9 16 9.4-12.3 11.0 1.1 8 8.2-13.3 10.7 1.9 15
Caudal filament depth (CD) 12.8 11.3-15.5 13.4 1.2 16 13.3-15.4 14.1 0.9 7 11.4-16.0 13.5 1.6 13
Caudal filament width (CW) 4.3 3.6-7.5 5.2 1.1 16 5.9-7.2 6.6 0.5 7 4.4-6.9 5.6 0.6 12
Other proportions
BW1 (% of BD1) 47.3 41.8-51.1 46.5 2.2 16 51.5-57.6 54.8 2.1 7 51.7-86.4 59.0 10.5 15
BW2 (% of BD2) 29.3 26.7-37.0 31.9 3.0 16 30.8-34.5 32.6 1.6 7 27.4-40.7 34.5 3.4 15