A new species of Lethrinops (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) from a Lake Malawi satellite lake, believed to be extinct in the wild Author Turner, George F. School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL 57 2 UW, United Kingdom & Vertebrates Division, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7, UK. Author Crampton, Denise A. School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL 57 2 UW, United Kingdom; present address: School of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L 3 3 AF, UK. Author Genner, Martin J. 0000-0003-1117-9168 School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS 8 1 TQ, United Kingdom. m. genner @ bristol. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1117 - 9168 m.genner@bristol.ac.uk text Zootaxa 2023 2023-07-21 5318 4 515 530 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.5 journal article 57496 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.5 3876121e-933a-4445-b28e-076e9fbfa62a 1175-5326 8181908 3DC09643-717F-45AC-9EE5-4FFB1D40BD6D

TABLE 2. Morphometric and meristic characters of Lethrinops chilingali.

	Holotype	Paratypes (n=20) mean (range)	Captive strain (n=7) mean (range)
Standard length (mm)	70.9	65.7 (59.3–81.2)	80.4 (56.8–98.7)
As % Standard length Maximum body depth Head length Dorsal fin base length Anal fin base length Predorsal length Preanal length Prepectoral length Prepelvic length Caudal peduncle length Caudal peduncle depth	36.2 34.4 53.9 18.8 39.2 65.3 36.4 40.2 19.2 11.0	35.2 (33.1–36.8) 33.6 (32.1–35.9) 53.0 (51.0–55.7) 19.6 (16.9–21.5) 37.5 (35.0–39.3) 64.1 (62.5–66.5) 35.5 (33.5–38.0) 39.9 (37.1–43.1) 17.9 (16.1–20.0) 11.5 (10.4–12.4)	34.1 (31.1–36.7) 35.9 (34.7–38.9) 53.0 (50.8–56.7) 18.0 (17.1–18.8) 39.1 (35.2–42.5) 64.6 (61.1–67.8) 36.1 (33.8–38.0) 41.5 (38.2–44.1) 17.2 (16.1–20.4) 11.4 (10.9–12.3)
As % Head length Head width Interorbital width Snout length Lower jaw length Premaxillary pedicel length Eye diameter Lachrymal depth	47.1 21.1 33.3 40.9 29.8 31.1 21.5	45.6 (40.9–50.0) 21.8 (18.8–24.5) 35.2 (31.1–38.2) 39.2 (35.3–42.9) 29.7 (25.7–35.9) 31.8 (28.2–37.7) 21.4 (18.0–25.9)	43.7 (40.4–47.4) 22.7 (20.4–27.2) 38.7 (34.6–41.8) 39.2 (37.3–44.2) 30.0 (24.9–35.4) 29.1 (25.7–33.0) 23.8 (21.0–27.7)
Ratios Body depth/Head width Caudal peduncle length/depth	2.25 1.74	2.30 (2.11–2.41) 1.56 (1.37–1.80)	2.18 (1.99–2.34) 1.51 (1.37–1.76)
Counts	Holotype	Paratypes (range)	Captive strain (range)
Upper gill rakers Lower gill rakers Dorsal fin Anal fin Longitudinal line scales Cheek scales	3 10 XV, 10 III, 8 31 3	3–4 9–11 XIV–XVI, 9–10 III, 8–10 31–33 2–4	3–4 10–12 XIV–XV, 10–11 III, 8–9 30–33 2–4