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Table 14. — Counts and measurements made on the species and subspecies of 

 Chaetostoma from the Maracaibo Basin 



Table 15. — Measurements, in hundredths of the standard length, made on various 



species of Chaetostoma 



Characters 



anomaly 

 sovichihys 



anomala 

 anomala 



tachiraensis 



Holo- 

 type 



Para- 

 type 



fisheri 



(Pana- 

 ma) 



milesi 



Honda, 

 Colom- 

 bia 



Rio 



Guar- 



ico 



Standard length 



Greatest depth body 



Width head at coracoids 



Length head (to supraoccipital) . .. 



Snout 



Interorbital 



Eye 



Length caudal peduncle 



Least depth caudal peduncle 



Length first ray dorsal 



Length last ray dorsal 



Length outer upper ray caudal 



Length outer lower ray caudal 



Length pectoral spine... 



Longest ray anal 



Length ramus lower jaw 



Distance nostrils to snout 



Distance nostrils to eye 



Distance snout to origin dorsal 



Distance snout to origin anal 



Distance snout to origin adipose.. 



Length base of dorsal Qn 



Eye to rear edge temiwral plate... 

 Snout to gill opening 



43. 2-72. 

 16.9-18.7 

 36. 6-40. 2 

 34. 7-37. 3 

 24. 5-28. 

 11.5-12.7 

 4. 20-5. 09 

 22. 2-26. 9 

 11.8-12.3 

 18. 7-22. 5 

 16. 4-20. 1 

 IS. 5-25. 

 26. 8-32. 4 

 24. 5-27. 1 

 8. 10-9. 51 

 10. 1-10. 9 

 18. 5-25. 

 6. 32-6. 48 

 46. 5-48. 6 

 69. 6-74. 1 

 82. 4-85. 7 

 25. 2-26. 6 

 8. 40-9. 20 

 30. 6-34. 



61.1 

 19.1 

 38.1 

 36.0 

 24.5 

 12.6 

 4.58 

 25.0 

 13.3 

 23.7 

 17.2 

 27.5 

 33.4 

 26.4 

 8.84 

 12.6 

 19.3 

 6.3 

 48.2 

 71.8 

 83.8 

 27.1 

 7.69 

 31.1 



58.6 

 20.5 

 35.4 

 36.0 

 24.9 

 12.5 

 5.12 

 26.3 

 14.7 

 28.5 

 16.6 

 35.0 

 40.3 

 30.9 

 12.0 

 12.0 

 17.0 

 5.12 

 48.1 

 70.3 

 83.7 

 27.5 

 8.88 

 29.2 



87.0 

 21.3 

 35.6 

 33.6 

 24.3 

 12.4 

 4.55 

 29.0 

 14.6 

 29.1 

 17.4 



35.4 

 12.8 

 12.5 

 18.6 

 5.98 

 44.3 

 69.5 

 84.0 

 25.6 

 10.5 

 28.4 



76.6 

 17.0 

 30.3 

 31.1 

 21.0 

 10.4 

 4.57 

 28.9 

 12.0 

 27.5 

 14.6 

 26.1 

 33.3 

 28.1 

 12.4 

 9.00 

 15.0 

 4.30 

 42.0 

 67.4 

 80.4 

 22.2 

 8.50 

 25.5 



89.0 

 18.2 

 32.8 

 34.6 

 24.3 

 10.3 

 4.72 

 28.7 

 12.8 

 26.1 

 16.6 

 30.2 

 30.6 

 28.5 

 13.7 

 10.3 

 17.1 

 4.72 

 44.8 

 71.6 

 81.0 

 25.0 

 8.20 

 27.6 



108.6 

 21.2 

 32.9 

 32.0 

 22.6 

 10.7 

 4.06 

 24.9 

 13.2 

 27.2 

 16.8 

 29.6 

 35.0 

 28.9 

 12.0 

 10.6 

 16.8 

 5.18 

 42.4 

 61.3 

 77.0 

 25.0 

 7.92 

 27.6 



