Table 1. Morphometrics of Bryconadenos weitzmani. Standard length is expressed in mm; measurements through head length are percentages of standard length; the last four entries are percentages of head length. Specimens are from MZUSP 98666 (holotype) and MZUSP 96558 and 96559 (paratypes).
Characters Holotype Males Females p value
n range mean SD n range mean SD
Standard length 40.7 9 25.0-38.5 31.4 4.8 22 18.0-41.3 30.0 8.0 0.719
Depth at dorsal-fin origin 29.5 9 24.0-30.0 27.2 2.2 22 22.7-31.5 27.0 2.8 0.826
Snout to dorsal-fin origin 53.5 9 48.0-53.0 51.0 1.8 22 48.2-54.7 52.4 1.6 0.052
Snout to pectoral-fin origin 24.6 9 23.0-24.6 24.2 0.6 22 23.0-27.7 24.8 1.2 0.176
Snout to pelvic-fin origin 49.8 9 46.0-49.3 47.4 1.1 22 46.1-50.1 48.3 1.1 0.046
Snout to anal-fin origin 63.4 9 56.0-61.3 59.4 1.8 22 59.5-63.8 61.6 1.2 0.001
Caudal peduncle depth 11.0 9 09.2-11.1 10.3 0.7 22 08.8-11.5 10.1 0.8 0.565
Caudal peduncle length 17.2 9 17.3-19.0 18.1 0.5 22 17.0-20.0 18.1 0.9 0.927
Pectoral-fin length 20.8 9 20.0-25.0 22.3 1.7 22 19.6-22.2 21.1 0.7 0.007
Pelvic-fin length 14.7 9 13.3-19.5 16.7 1.9 22 13.0-15.7 14.1 0.7 0.000
Dorsal-fin base height 12.3 9 10.3-15.0 12.8 1.4 22 11.3-14.0 12.3 0.6 0.143
Dorsal-fin height 22.1 9 21.2-24.1 22.6 0.8 22 20.5-23.7 22.0 0.8 0.056
Anal-fin base length 24.5 9 22.2-26.0 23.8 1.3 22 21.4-25.5 23.3 1.1 0.277
Anal-fin lobe length 17.2 9 17.0-20.7 18.5 1.2 21 15.5-20.0 17.6 1.1 0.060
Eye to dorsal-fin origin 39.3 9 33.7-38.2 36.6 1.3 22 35.3-40.4 38.2 1.3 0.008
Dorsal-fin origin to caudal-fin base 50.3 9 48.8-52.0 50.6 1.3 22 47.7-53.0 50.3 1.4 0.637
Bony head length 24.5 9 24.5-26.6 25.6 0.7 22 24.0-28.5 25.6 0.7 0.429
Horizontal eye diameter 40.0 9 36.8-41.5 38.7 1.4 22 36.1-41.6 38.5 1.5 0.796
Snout length 32.0 9 26.0-30.0 27.7 1.5 22 25.0-32.0 27.2 2.1 0.516
Least interorbital width 34.0 9 30.5-32.6 31.6 0.8 22 28.3-34.1 31.6 0.8 0.943
Upper jaw length 36.0 9 32.5-35.8 34.1 1.2 22 30.0-37.2 34.2 1.5 0.868