Table 1. Morphometric data for Corydoras brittoi and Corydoras pavanelliae. N= number of measured specimens and SD = standard deviation.
Corydoras brittoi Corydoras pavanelliae
N Holotype Low-High Mean±SD N Holotype Low-High Mean±SD
Standard length (mm) 20 38.1 31.4-39.0 36.1.5±1.8 20 45.1 23.3-45.1 26.6±4.8
Percents of standard length
Depth of body 20 38.6 34.7-40.5 38.7±1.2 20 43.2 35.8-43.2 38.7±1.6
Predorsal distance 20 51.2 49.5-53.3 51.1±0.8 20 54.5 48.6-54.5 52.2±1.6
Prepelvic distance 20 48.8 47.8-51.1 49.1±0.7 20 50.1 45.8-51.4 48.3±1.5
Preanal distance 20 83.2 80.3-85.1 82.1±1.2 20 85.8 78.1-85.8 81.3±1.8
Preadipose distance 20 84.3 83.8-86.5 84.8±0.9 20 88.2 83.5-88.7 85.6±1.5
Length of dorsal spine 19 23.6 23.6-27.2 25.3±1.2 19 30.8 26.7-32.4 30.3±1.4
Length of pectoral spine 20 24.9 24.2-27.2 25.9±0.9 20 31.7 28.7-33.8 31.1±1.3
Length of adipose-fin spine 19 8.4 8.0-10.2 9.0±0.6 20 8.6 7.6-9.8 8.7±0.7
Depth of caudal peduncle 20 14.7 13.7-15.7 14.9±0.5 20 15.7 15.0-16.9 15.8±0.6
Length of dorsal-fin base 20 19.4 18.6-21.6 20.2±0.8 20 19.3 16.7-19.5 18.1±0.8
Dorsal to adipose distance 20 16.8 14.9-19.1 16.7±1.3 20 18.2 18.0-20.5 19.3±0.8
Maximum cleithral width 20 23.1 22.9-25.2 24.0±0.6 20 29.3 26.5-29.3 27.7±0.8
Head length 20 44.4 42.6-49.0 45.0±1.4 20 47.7 44.2-48.6 46.6±1.3
Length of maxillary barbel 20 17.3 12.1-19.2 16.3±1.5 20 15.1 9.7-15.1 12.3±1.7
Percents of head length
Head depth 20 79.2 71.9-84.3 81.0±3.1 20 84.7 73.3-84.7 79.1±2.9
Least interorbital distance 20 29.2 28.1-32.3 31.0±1.2 20 33.5 29.3-34.0 31.4±1.3
Horizontal orbit diameter 20 22.8 20.9-24.3 22.8±0.8 20 21.4 21.4-27.4 24.9±1.3
Snout length 20 33.2 35.9-43.4 40.7±1.8 20 37.7 32.7-37.8 35.3±1.4
Least internarial distance 20 14.9 10.0-14.5 12.6±1.1 20 16.3 11.8-16.3 14.2±1.1