Table 2. Descriptive morphometrics of Otothyropsis species. Values are given for holotype and paratypes of O. piribebuy and O. marapoama. SD = Standard deviation.
Otothyropsis piribebuy Otothyropsis piribebuy Otothyropsis marapoama Otothyropsis marapoama
Males (n = 10) Females (n = 9) Males (n = 3) Females (n = 12)
Low High Mean SD Holotype Low High Mean SD Low High Mean SD Holotype Low High Mean SD
Standard length (mm) 22.3 24.9 23.4 - 28.8 22.5 28.8 26.6 - 20.7 26.7 24.0 - 37.4 20.8 37.4 26.4 -
Percents of Standard length
Head length 33.6 37.8 36.8 1.2 35.0 33.4 37.7 36.1 1.4 32.7 37.8 35.9 2.8 34.1 34.1 39.7 37.2 1.8
Predorsal length 47.1 50.5 48.8 1.0 47.6 46.5 50.1 48.6 1.4 47.1 48.9 48.1 0.9 47.8 45.7 50.1 48.3 1.5
Postdorsal length 38.8 42.3 40.4 1.1 40.3 39.4 42.5 40.9 1.3 39.3 43.8 41.2 2.3 39.5 39.0 45.7 41.5 2.1
Preanal length 63.0 66.8 65.0 1.0 64.4 63.2 67.4 65.6 1.5 59.5 63.0 61.4 1.7 63.9 60.9 66.1 63.4 1.5
Prepelvic length 42.2 46.3 44.2 1.2 43.4 43.2 46.3 44.6 1.1 41.2 43.8 42.4 1.3 40.8 40.6 45.4 43.5 1.5
Cleithral width 22.5 25.4 24.4 0.9 23.8 23.8 26.7 25.2 0.9 24.4 25.1 24.7 0.3 24.7 23.8 25.8 24.8 0.6
Thorax length 17.2 19.3 18.2 0.6 17.1 17.1 19.7 18.6 0.9 15.6 21.2 18.2 2.8 17.0 15.9 18.4 17.2 0.7
Abdomen length 20.8 23.1 21.8 0.8 22.4 20.8 24.3 22.4 1.0 20.1 20.7 20.4 0.3 25.3 18.3 25.3 21.0 1.8
Dorsal-fin spine length 25.4 29.8 27.4 1.2 24.8 24.8 29.1 26.9 1.3 24.3 26.3 25.4 1.0 26.0 24.2 27.7 26.0 1.2
Dorsal-fin base length 12.2 14.7 13.6 0.8 13.2 12.9 14.7 13.8 0.6 10.8 14.5 13.1 2.0 13.7 11.0 14.7 12.9 1.0
Pectoral-fin spine length 26.7 30.4 28.1 1.0 24.9 24.9 29.9 28.2 1.5 26.1 27.4 26.8 0.6 25.2 25.2 30.5 27.8 1.7
Pelvic-fin unbranched ray length 16.8 19.7 18.3 1.0 15.0 13.7 17.3 15.5 1.1 16.4 19.6 17.8 1.6 14.5 14.5 17.1 15.9 0.9
Anal-fin unbranched ray length 16.1 19.3 17.5 1.1 16.6 14.8 19.6 16.7 1.7 17.7 18.6 18.0 0.4 15.1 15.1 19.8 17.3 1.2
Caudal-peduncle length 28.7 32.3 30.4 1.2 30.0 28.1 31.3 30.3 1.2 28.9 31.2 30.2 1.2 29.5 28.4 35.9 30.9 2.1
Caudal-peduncle depth 10.3 11.5 10.8 0.4 10.1 9.7 11.0 10.3 0.4 10.0 10.7 10.3 0.3 9.5 9.3 11.0 9.8 0.5
Caudal-peduncle width 6.7 7.4 7.1 0.2 6.8 5.9 7.2 6.6 0.4 4.7 7.2 5.8 1.3 6.5 4.4 6.9 5.7 0.7
Body depth at dorsal-fin origin 15.0 18.3 16.9 1.1 15.8 15.8 19.2 17.1 1.1 15.8 18.3 17.1 1.3 17.5 15.0 18.7 16.9 1.0
Body width at dorsal-fin origin 16.2 19.8 18.9 1.0 19.5 19.5 22.7 21.0 0.9 17.9 19.6 18.7 0.9 22.5 16.9 23.8 20.4 2.1
Percents of Head length
Head depth 42.2 52.1 46.3 3.0 45.7 41.4 48.1 45.4 2.4 44.1 51.7 47.4 3.9 45.8 42.0 52.8 45.1 3.4
Snout length 47.3 50.4 48.5 1.0 50.2 47.1 53.2 50.2 1.8 44.5 50.5 47.7 3.0 48.4 47.4 50.5 48.7 1.0
Orbital diameter 14.0 15.1 14.4 0.3 12.3 12.3 14.1 13.1 0.6 13.6 14.4 13.9 0.4 12.3 11.3 16.0 13.1 1.2
Interorbital width 38.8 45.8 42.3 2.1 40.9 38.4 44.0 41.2 2.0 37.3 43.4 39.5 3.3 44.7 35.9 44.7 39.1 3.1
Internareal width 6.3 10.2 8.7 1.1 14.4 12.3 15.9 13.9 1.0 10.2 13.0 11.5 1.4 12.4 10.7 13.5 12.3 0.9
Prenasal length 28.9 32.9 30.5 1.2 35.8 31.6 36.4 34.4 1.5 28.4 33.2 31.2 2.5 30.4 29.7 34.1 31.7 1.2
Barbel length 8.1 10.9 9.9 0.8 9.2 6.4 10.6 8.9 1.3 6.2 15.2 11.7 4.8 9.2 4.9 17.0 10.2 3.4