DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15584567
title: TABLE 1 in Pristolepis pentacantha Plamoottil 2015, and Catopra tetracanthus Günther 1862: two junior synonyms of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon 1849

description: TABLE 1. Morphometric and meristic data of Pristolepis marginata and Catopra tetracanthus, based on information from syntypes provided by Britz et al. (2012); the description of P. pentacantha; and P. marginata and P. pentacantha based on specimens examined in the present study.
Pristolepis marginata (Jerdon 1849)Syntypes of Catopra tetracanthus (BMNH 1860.3.19.937–938) (n=2)Pristolepis pentacantha (Plamoottil 2015) (Holotype ZSI FF 5191 and Paratype ZSI FF 5192) (n=2)Pristolepis pentacantha (n=7)Pristolepis marginata (n=23)Pristolepis marginata Combined: four-spined and five-spined forms (n=30)Standard Length (mm)-Range 72.6–77.7Range 70–94.5Mean (s.d.) 59.8 (19.1)Range 27.9–80.3Mean (s.d.) 65.5 (17.6)Range 24.60– 112.48Mean (s.d.) 64.14 (17.78)Range 24.60– 112.48Head Length (mm)-32.9–35.5-23.1 (6.8)11.6–30.124.9 (6.0)9.96–39.8924.46 (6.10)9.96– 39.89Dorsal-fin spinesXVXV–XVIXV–XVIXIV–XVIXIV–XVXIV–XVIDorsal-fin rays1211–121111–1211–1211–12Anal-fin spinesIVIVVVIVIV–VAnal-fin rays87–877–87–87–9Pelvic-fin spines15IIIIIPelvic-fin raysI55555Pectoral-fin rays515–161414–1514–1514–151st Lateral line scales-20–212219–2218–2118-222nd Lateral line scales-775–75–85-8Scales above lateral line-34333Scales below lateral line-8–99 ½8–98–98-9RangeRangeMean (s.d.)RangeMean (s.d.)RangeMean (s.d.)RangeOverlapping scales % SL-041–40–50-5Pre-dorsal length-39.3–44.539.4–40.744.4 (1.9)41.6–47.543.5 (1.8)40.7–49.243.7 (1.8)40.7– 49.2Pre-anal length-68.2–69.669.0–69.371.9 (1.1)70.2–73.873.2 (2.0)69.7–77.872.9 (1.9)69.7– 77.8Pre-pelvic length-41.7–42.640.7–41.344.8 (1.5)42.4–46.443.4 (2.0)40.5–49.243. (1.93)40.5– 49.2Pre-pectoral length-34.0–36.934.5–36.440.7 (2.3)37.8–45.138.2 (1.5)35.5–41.838.7 (2.0)35.5-45.1Length of dorsal-fin base-57.4–61.0-59.2 (3.2)52.7–62.160.3 (2.2)54.5–63.560.0 (2.4)52.7–63.5Length of anal-fin base-22.9–23.9-23.4 (1.4)21.2–25.523.1 (1.2)21.1–25.324.8 (8.9)21.1– 71.4Pelvic-fin length-22.0–25.920.6–22.123.5 (2.0)20.9–27.025.4 (4.5)20.6–44.225.0 4.120.6– 44.2Pectoral-fin length-Range -Range 24.9–25Mean (s.d.) 28.1 (2.0)Range 25.1–31.4Mean (s.d.) 27.8 (3.3)Range 21.5–38.0Mean (s.d.) 27.8 (3.0)Range 21.5– 38.0Caudal-fin length--23.9–2532.6 (1.3)31.0–34.632.4 (1.7)29.6–36.232.4 (1.6)29.6– 36.2Body depth-40.8–44.440.6–40.743.6 (1.6)41.6–46.142.8 (2.7)38.4–48.043.4 (3.6)38.4– 57.6Body width-9.0–9.512.8–13.816.0 (1.1)13.9–17.416.5 (1.7)13.3–19.916.4 (1.6)13.3– 19.9Caudal peduncle length-6.7–7.210.6–16.19.8 (2.3)07.0–12.110. (2.44)6.1–14.410.1 (2.4)6.1– 14.4Caudal peduncle depth-16.0–18.214.6–14.715.0 (0.7)14.2–16.315.8 (0.9)14.3–17.715.6 (0.9)14.2– 17.7% HL Head width--49.2– 57.145.4 (3.8)41.0–50.846.2 (2.6)41.1–50.646.0 (2.9)41.0– 50.7Head depth-33.2–33.895.2–97.687.6 (7.5)74.9–96.190.1 (7.8)65.1–103.089.5 (7.6)65.1– 103.0Snout length-Range 23.3–24.6Range 27.0–27.9Mean (s.d.) 26.0 (3.0)Range 22.4–31.2Mean (s.d.) 26.0 (3.0)Range 22.2–33.8Mean (s.d.) 26.0 (2.9)Range 22.2– 33.8Interorbital distance-21.3–22.720.9–22.821.6 (3.0)17.7–26.322.0 (3.1)17.4–29.422.0 (3.1)17.4– 29.4Eye diameter-29.5–30.533.3–33.931.4 (3.4)27.9–36.430.3 (2.4)26.8–37.230.4 (3.1)21.7– 37.2
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description: Published as part of Prakash, Anjana Preetha, Raghavan, Rajeev, Dahanukar, Neelesh, Anoop, V. K., Thampy, Dencin Rons, Britz, Ralf & Ali, Anvar, 2025, Pristolepis pentacantha Plamoottil 2015, and Catopra tetracanthus Günther 1862: two junior synonyms of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon 1849, pp. 250-253 in Zootaxa 5642 (3) on page 250, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/15563776