TABLE 1 | Morphometric data of males of Jenynsia aurea from rio Maquiné (UFRGS 4994, 18466) and rio Três Forquilhas (UFRGS 6308, 16503, 16534), and males of J. unitaenia from rio Mampituba (UFRGS 15386, 15959, 25823) and rio Araranguá (UFRGS 6184, 12553, 19916, 22961). SD = Standard deviation.
Holotype Jenynsia aurea Jenynsia unitaenia
Min Max Mean SD Min Max Mean SD
Standard length (mm) 56.7 52.0 67.70 58.50 - 36.7 67.40 49.67 -
Percentage of standard length
Body depth 21.3 20.6 23.3 21.9 0.87 21.2 24.3 22.8 0.89
Predorsal length 59.2 56.3 63.3 59.3 2.14 56.6 61.8 59.0 1.38
Preanal length 65.3 63.2 66.8 65.5 1.37 62.3 67.6 64.6 1.31
Prepelvic length 48.9 46.9 49.9 49.1 0.94 48.0 53.0 50.8 1.29
Caudal peduncle length 30.5 28.0 32.3 30.0 1.66 27.8 31.2 29.7 1.08
Caudal peduncle depth 13.2 13.2 15.9 14.0 0.82 13.1 15.2 14.1 0.63
Anal-fin length 18.2 17.9 22.7 20.1 1.80 17.7 23.9 20.8 1.63
Pelvic-fin length 14.6 14.5 16.3 15.0 0.57 13.4 16.7 15.3 0.79
Head length 24.5 24.2 26.7 25.2 0.82 24.3 29.7 25.9 1.31
Percentage of head length
Horizontal orbit diameter 27.3 23.4 27.3 25.4 1.24 21.5 30.2 26.3 2.38
Head depth 46.8 43.8 48.8 46.6 1.82 45.0 51.3 47.9 2.11
Interorbital width 40.3 38.4 45.7 42.1 2.43 36.7 45.0 41.0 2.32