Table 3. Morphometric data for Dasyloricaria latiura. Standard length in millimeters; Lectotype of D. latiura included in range. A: lectotype of Loricaria latiura FMNH 124472; B: holotype of L. capetensis FMNH 7582; C: holotype of L. tuyrensis FMNH 7583; HL: Head length; n: number of specimens analyzed; SD: standard deviation.
A B C n Min Max Mean SD
Standard length (mm) 220.0 141.4 246.1 141.4 287.4 216.6
Percent of SL
Pre-dorsal length 35.2 30.2 33.0 53 29.0 35.2 31.8 1.3
Dorsal-fin spine length 24.2 25.9 23.2 53 20.5 26.6 24.1 1.6
Anal-fin spine length 18.6 17.9 18.4 53 16.6 19.6 18.1 0.9
Pectoral-fin spine length 17.0 17.5 16.0 53 15.7 18.6 17.0 0.8
Pelvic-fin spine length 19.1 14.9 17.5 53 14.3 19.6 17.4 1.3
Lower caudal-fin ray length 13.4 11.4 15.7 50 11.5 17.4 14.5 1.3
Head length 24.2 21.2 22.9 53 20.5 23.9 22.1 0.9
Trunk length 14.4 13.9 14.9 53 11.6 17.1 14.1 1.2
Abdominal length 16.6 15.5 16.9 53 13.1 17.5 15.6 1.0
Cleithral length 14.6 11.2 13.2 52 13.2 14.9 13.9 0.5
Body height 11.1 8.3 10.1 53 8.7 12.4 10.6 1.0
Caudal peduncle height 1.8 1.7 2.1 53 1.5 3.0 1.8 0.3
Post-anal length 54.0 56.7 54.6 53 51.9 58.8 56.0 1.9
Caudal peduncle width at anal-fin base 13.2 10.9 13.2 45 10.0 16.0 12.8 1.1
Percent of HL
Snout length 55.5 53.0 56.6 53 43.5 56.5 54.0 2.3
Head height 42.7 35.3 40.5 53 37.2 49.6 42.8 3.9
Interorbital distance 22.0 17.3 22.1 53 19.0 23.0 21.3 1.0
Eye diameter 14.7 14.7 11.3 53 11.1 15.7 13.5 1.3
Orbit diameter (including notch) 22.1 25.3 20.2 53 20.1 24.9 22.5 1.2
Rostral length 10.5 10.3 12.9 53 7.4 12.5 10.4 1.3
Nares length 16.4 14.0 13.5 52 13.3 18.2 15.5 1.3