Character;Description;Acronym "Morphometric measurements" "Standard length";"Tip of the snout to the point of flecture of the caudal fin";SL "Pre-dorsal length";"Tip of the snout to the origin of the dorsal fin";PDL "Head length";"Tip of the snout to the posterior bony margin of the operculum";HL "Snout length";"Tip of the snout to the anterior bony edge of the orbit";S "Orbit diameter";"The greatest bony diameter of the orbit";OD "Inter-orbit width";"Shortest distance between bony edges of the orbits";IO "Post-orbit length";"Distance between the posterior bony edge of orbit to the posterior bony edge of operculum";PO "Head depth";"Maximum depth measured from the nape";HD "Body depth";"Maximum depth measured from the anterior base of the dorsal fin";BD "Anterior barbel length";"From base to tip of anterior barbel";AB "Posterior barbel length";"From base to tip of posterior barbel";PB "Dorsal fin base";"Distance between origin of dorsal fin and base of last dorsal fin ray";DB "Dorsal fin height";"From anterior base to tip of dorsal fin";DH "Pectoral fin length";"From anterior base to tip of pectoral fin";PtL "Pelvic fin length";"From anterior base to tip of pelvic fin";PvL "Anal fin base";"Distance between origin of anal fin and base of last anal fin";AfB "Anal fin height";"From anterior base to tip of anal fin";AfH "Caudal peduncle length";"Distance from posterior base of anal fin the point of flecture of the caudal fin";CPL "Caudal peduncle depth";"The least depth of the caudal peduncle";CPD "Pectoral to pelvic fin length";"Distance between the posterior margins of the fin bases";PP "Pelvic to anal fin length";"Distance between posterior base of the pelvic fin to anterior base of the anal fin";PA "Body width";"The greatest width just anterior to the origin of the dorsal fin";BW "Meristic counts" "Lateral line scales";"Number of scale rows along the lateral line";LL "Lateral line to dorsal fin origin";"Number of scale rows between lateral line scale row (does not include lateral line scale) and anterior base of the dorsal fin";LD "Lateral line to pelvic fin origin";"Number of scale rows between lateral line scale row (does not include lateral line scale) and anterior base of pelvic fin";LP "Lateral line to anal fin origin";"Number of scale rows between lateral line scale row (does not include lateral line scale) and anterior base of the anal fin";LA "Circumpeduncular scales";"Number of scale rows around the caudal peduncle at narrowest portion of caudal peduncle";CP "Predorsal scales";"Number of scale rows between the supraoccipital and the anterior base (origin) of the dorsal fin";PDS "Unbranched dorsal fin rays";"Number of unbranched primary dorsal rays";UdR "Branched dorsal fin rays";"Number of branched dorsal rays; two last branched rays counted as one";BdR "Anal fin rays";"Includes both simple and branched rays; two last rays counted as one"; "Pectoral fin rays";"Includes both simple and branched rays"; "Pelvic fin rays";"Includes both simple and branched rays"; "Total vertebrae";"Total number of vertebrae in vertebral column (including four Weberian vertebrae and a single ural centrum)";TV "Pre-dorsal vertebrae";"Total number of vertebrae in advance of the leading dorsal fin pterigiophore (including the four Weberian vertebrae)";PdV "Pre-caudal vertebrae";"Total number of vertebrae in advance of the vertebrae with haemal arch opposite the leading anal pterygiophore plus the four Weberian vertebrae";PcV "Pre-anal vertebrae";"Total number of vertebrae in advance of the leading anal pterygiophore (including the four Weberian vertebrae)";PaV "Caudal vertebrae";"Total number of vertebrae posterior to (and including) the vertebra with haemal arch opposite the leading anal pterygiophore plus a single ural centrum";CV