Redescription of Pseudotropheus livingstonii and Pseudotropheus elegans from Lake Malaŵi, Africa Author Stauffer Jr, J. R. Author Konings, F. Author Ryan, T. M. text Zootaxa 2016 4154 2 169 178 journal article 38355 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.2.4 ee339baa-0fd3-4bc3-8a4e-b903c8d00615 1175-5326 255176 B7D82FB6-A77A-49B3-AF05-87DB9B2F9A44

TABLE 1. Morphometric and meristic values of Pseudotropheus livingstonii, and P. elegans.

Variable	P. livingstonii P. livingstonii (holotype) (PSU4925) BMNH1863.11. Cape Maclear (n=19) 12. 22	P. elegans (holotype) BMNH1935.6.1 4.127	P. e l e ga ns (PSU11394) Chitande (n=12)
	Mean Range		Mean Range
Standard length, mm	55.7 82.7 64.3–114.4	85.4	55.9 43.4–63.1
Head length, mm	18.4 25.0 19.7–34.7	24.8	17.5 13.5–20.0
Percent standard length
Head length	33.0 30.3 28.2–32.5	29.3	31.3 29.4–33.1
Body depth	31.4 31.4 28–35	32.2	31.6 29–34
Snout to dorsal-fin origin	33.6 33.8 32.2–35.6	32.6	34.4 31.7–37.8
Snout to pelvic-fin origin	36.4 37.4 35.4–39.7	39.0	37.6 35.1–39.8
Dorsal-fin base length	64.0 59.2 56.9–61.8	61.1	60.7 57.6–64.9
Anterior dorsal to anterior anal	55.4 51.3 48.1–54.6	52.7	49.4 47.3–51.9
Anterior dorsal to posterior anal	63.7 62.4 58.7–65.4	64.6	61.1 57.1–64.7
Posterior dorsal to anterior anal	34.0 30.9 28.9–32.4	30.3	31.9 30.2–33.9
Posterior dorsal to posterior anal	18.2 15.2 14.3–16.2	15.4	15.8 14.5–16.9
Posterior dorsal to ventral caudal	20.6 18.0 16.0–20.0	19.5	18.4 16.8–21.1
Posterior anal to dorsal caudal	20.4 20.6 17.0–22.6	20.4	20.7 19.0–22.6
Anterior dorsal to pelvic-fin origin	33.3 33.1 30.2–36.7	34.3	32.2 29.1–35.4
	Mean Range		Mean Range
Posterior dorsal to pelvic-fin origin	54.1 56.3 53.5–58.8	56.6	58.1 55.4–60.6
Caudal-peduncle length	17.2 16.0 14.1–17.9	15.6	15.8 14.6–17.0
Least caudal-peduncle depth	13.5 12.1 11.2–12.8	12.0	12.3 11.2–13.0
Percent head length
Snout length	32.7 34.6 31.7–40.4	31.3	28.9 26.4–31.9
Postorbital head length	45.8 37.3 35.2–40.8	36.7	40.8 37.4–47.3
Horizontal eye diameter	32.5 32.0 29.1–35.3	36.0	36.7 34.0–39.3
Vertical eye diameter	31.7 30.5 26.3–33.7	34.7	35.1 32.5–38.0
Preorbital depth	21.5 19.6 15.4–23.8	20.5	16.3 15.1–18.3
Cheek depth	24.0 22.9 20.8–25.9	27.5	20.9 19.3–22.7
Lower-jaw length	38.1 37.5 32.6–42.0	35.6	35.9 30.6–41.0
Head depth	85.8 84.6 74.9–98.7	97.0	84.5 77.2–89.2
Counts	Mode Range		Mode Range
Dorsal-fin spines	17 18 17–19	17	18 17–19
Dorsal-fin rays	9 9 9–10	9	9 8–9
Anal-fin spines	3 3 3	3	3 3
Anal-fin rays	8 8 8–9	8	8 8–9
Pectoral-fin rays	5 5 5	5	5 5
Pelvic-fin rays	14 14 13–14	14	13 12–14
Lateral-line scales	31 33 32–35	31	32 32–33
Pored scales posterior to lateral line	2 3 2–4	2	2 1–2
Scale rows on cheek.	4 4 3–4	4	3 3
Gill-rakers on first ceratobranchial	10 11 9–12	11	11 10–12
Teeth on outer row of left lower jaw	11 14 12–17	11	11 11–14
Teeth rows on upper jaw	5 5 4–5	5	4 4
Teeth rows on lower jaw	5 4 3–5	5	3 3–4