A new and presumably extinct species of Ptychochromoides (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from central Madagascar Author Sparks, John S. text Zootaxa 2004 524 1 15 journal article 41769 10.5281/zenodo.157248 207f08bb-905b-4323-b940-985a0f1ef874 1175­5326 157248

TABLE 1. Morphometric and meristic data of Ptychochromoides betsileanus and P. itasy. Measurements (mm) in percent standard length (SL) or percent head length (HL), unless noted otherwise. Numbers in parentheses correspond to number of individuals with indicated count.

character Standard length (mm) Head length % SL	n 10 10	P. betsileanus range mean 125.0–320.0 175.3 30.0–33.8 32.2	SD 1.09	n 4 3	holotype 123.2 31.1	P. itasy range 77.5–123.2 31.1–32.5	mean 99.6 31.6	SD 0.85
Head width (max.) % SL	10	17.2–21.7 18.8	1.43	3	18.2	18.2–18.5	18.4	0.18
Body depth % SL	10	45.5–52.5 47.8	1.92	3	46.4	45.2–46.4	45.7	0.52
Predorsal length % SL	10	40.4–46.2 42.7	1.69	3	39.3	39.3–40.2	39.6	0.4
Preanal length % SL Prepelvic length % SL Caudal peduncle length % SL Caudal peduncle width % SL Caudal peduncle depth % SL	10 10 9 10 10	69.8–75.4 72.3 39.5–42.7 41.0 12.9–18.8 15.3 5.8–9.5 7.6 16.2–17.5 17	1.57 0.86 1.76 1.32 0.36	3 3 3 3 3	71.9 39.8 15.2 7.3 17.2	71.9–73.3 39.8–43.6 14.6–15.2 6.8–7.4 15.8–17.5	72.6 41.2 15 7.1 16.8	0.54 1.72 0.3 0.26 0.75
Pectoral­fin length % SL	10	21.9–27.4 24.5	1.88	3	22.8	22.8–23.5	23.2	0.27
Pelvic­fin length % SL	10	23.9–29.6 25.5	1.57	3	27.6	27.4–27.6	27.5	0.09
Last dorsal spine length % SL	6	11.4–13.9 13	0.97	3	16.4	14.1–16.4	15.3	0.97
Snout length % HL	10	36.1–45.1 39.6	2.84	3	35.3	33.2–35.7	34.7	1.07
Orbit diameter % HL Upper jaw length % HL Lower jaw length % HL Interorbital width % HL Preorbital depth % HL	10 10 10 10 10	19.9–31.9 27.6 30.6–45.1 36.5 37.6–47.6 41.9 37.5–44.4 41.2 18.3–27.4 22.8	3.72 3.96 3.20 1.90 2.33	3 3 3 3 3	30.3 33.7 41.0 42.3 20.1	30.3–33.6 33.3–34.6 40.0–43.0 38.5–42.3 17.8–20.1	31.4 33.9 41.3 40.2 19.2	1.51 0.54 1.25 1.60 0.99
Caudal peduncle length/width	9	1.6–2.5 2.0	0.26	3	2.1	2.1–2.2	2.1	0.04
Caudal peduncle length/depth	9	0.8–1.1 0.9	0.1	3	0.9	0.8–1.0	0.9	0.05