DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18260916
title: TABLE 1 a – c in Description of the Apalachicola Redhorse (Catostomidae: Moxostoma)

description: TABLE 1 a–c. Meristics and measurements of all type specimens a) all adult specimens b) and all juvenile specimens c) of Moxostoma antelunare.
a.All Types (n=157)MIN10th Percentile90th PercentileMAXMeristicsPredorsal Scale Count14151718Postdorsal Scale Count17192224Postanal Scale Count5689Lateral Line Scale Count42434647Circumferential Scale Count30303337Scale Count Above Lateral Line6778Scale Count Below Lateral Line4557Circumpeduncular Scale Count11121213Simple Pectoral-fin Rays2222Branched Pectoral-fin Rays13141617Simple Pelvic-fin Rays1111Branched Pelvic-fin Rays7889Simple Dorsal-fin Rays1111Branched Dorsal-fin Rays10111212Simple Anal-fin Rays1112Branched Anal-fin Rays5667Principle Caudal-fin Rays17181818Standard Length (mm)46.468.8343.0417.0Measurements (%SL)Head Length from the Occipitum17.0%18.1%21.1%22.9%Head Length from the Opercle19.7%21.4%24.2%25.9%Head Depth through the Eye12.7%13.2%15.1%16.1%Head Depth at the Occipitum14.9%15.7%18.0%19.3%Head Width7.3%12.1%14.0%15.0%Snout Length8.8%9.4%11.7%12.5%Postorbital Head Length6.9%7.8%10.0%11.3%Cheek Height4.6%5.4%7.2%12.4%Orbit-Preopercle6.6%7.6%9.3%10.2%Interorbital7.8%8.6%10.9%11.7%Orbit Diameter3.3%3.6%6.0%7.1%Lip Width4.1%4.7%6.4%7.7%Upper Lip2.9%3.4%5.1%6.1%Pectoral Fin Length12.6%15.6%19.9%21.1%Pelvic Fin Length11.4%12.7%15.5%16.5%Base of the Dorsal Fin13.2%14.3%17.0%18.1%Dorsal-Fin Origin to Longest Ray14.9%16.7%21.0%22.6%Dorsal Fin Depressed Length20.0%22.2%25.5%26.4%Base of Anal Fin4.9%6.1%8.0%9.2%Anal-Fin Origin to Longest Ray15.0%16.1%22.1%26.2%Caudal Peduncle Depth7.9%8.8%10.0%10.6%Caudal Peduncle Length14.8%16.2%18.8%20.8%Body Depth19.0%20.9%26.4%29.8%Predorsal Length43.8%45.1%49.0%51.0%MeristicsPredorsal Scale Count14151818Postdorsal Scale Count19202324Postanal Scale Count6789Lateral Line Scale Count43444647Circumferential Scale Count30303337Scale Count Above Lateral Line6778Scale Count Below Lateral Line4557Circumpeduncular Scale Count11121213Simple Pectoral-fin Rays2222Branched Pectoral-fin Rays14141617Simple Pelvic-fin Rays1111Branched Pelvic-fin Rays8889Simple Dorsal-fin Rays1111Branched Dorsal-fin Rays10111212Simple Anal-fin Rays1112Branched Anal-fin Rays6667Principle Caudal-fin Rays18181818Standard Length (mm)182.7196.1368.0417.0Measurements (%SL)Head Length from the Occipitum17.0%17.8%20.5%21.9%Head Length from the Opercle19.7%21.4%23.5%25.2%Head Depth through the Eye13.0%13.3%15.4%16.1%Head Depth at the Occipitum15.6%16.0%18.3%19.3%Head Width7.3%12.2%14.2%15.0%Snout Length9.0%9.8%11.9%12.5%Postorbital Head Length6.9%7.7%9.7%11.3%Cheek Height5.1%5.8%7.3%8.0%Orbit-Preopercle6.8%7.5%9.3%10.2%Interorbital8.8%9.3%11.0%11.7%Orbit Diameter3.3%3.5%4.5%4.8%Lip Width4.6%5.0%6.6%7.7%Upper Lip3.4%3.8%5.2%6.1%Pectoral Fin Length14.9%16.0%19.3%20.8%Pelvic Fin Length11.4%12.5%14.7%15.4%Base of the Dorsal Fin13.2%14.2%16.6%18.1%Dorsal-Fin Origin to Longest Ray14.9%16.2%19.3%20.1%Dorsal Fin Depressed Length20.0%21.8%25.1%25.8%Base of Anal Fin5.4%6.1%8.3%9.2%Anal-Fin Origin to Longest Ray16.4%17.6%22.8%26.2%Caudal Peduncle Depth8.5%8.8%9.9%10.6%Caudal Peduncle Length14.8%16.0%18.1%19.2%Body Depth20.8%21.8%27.0%29.8%Predorsal Length43.9%45.4%49.2%51.0%MeristicsPredorsal Scale Count14151718Postdorsal Scale Count17192223Postanal Scale Count5588Lateral Line Scale Count42434646Circumferential Scale Count30303334Scale Count Above Lateral Line6777Scale Count Below Lateral Line5556Circumpeduncular Scale Count11121213Simple Pectoral-fin Rays2222Branched Pectoral-fin Rays13141617Simple Pelvic-fin Rays1111Branched Pelvic-fin Rays7899Simple Dorsal-fin Rays1111Branched Dorsal-fin Rays10111212Simple Anal-fin Rays1111Branched Anal-fin Rays5666Principle Caudal-fin Rays17181818Standard Length (mm)46.462.0167.6179.5Measurements (%SL)Head Length from the Occipitum17.4%18.3%21.4%22.9%Head Length from the Opercle20.2%22.0%24.7%25.9%Head Depth through the Eye12.7%13.0%14.7%15.9%Head Depth at the Occipitum14.9%15.5%17.3%18.2%Head Width11.3%12.1%13.6%14.6%Snout Length8.8%9.2%10.9%12.2%Postorbital Head Length7.5%8.0%10.0%11.0%Cheek Height4.6%5.1%7.0%12.4%Orbit-Preopercle6.6%7.7%9.3%10.1%Interorbital7.8%8.2%10.3%11.6%Orbit Diameter4.2%4.6%6.7%7.1%Lip Width4.1%4.4%5.9%6.3%Upper Lip2.9%3.1%4.5%5.1%Pectoral Fin Length12.6%14.8%20.1%21.1%Pelvic Fin Length12.9%13.5%15.8%16.5%Base of the Dorsal Fin13.3%14.8%17.0%18.0%Dorsal-Fin Origin to Longest Ray18.4%18.9%21.5%22.6%Dorsal Fin Depressed Length22.0%22.6%25.9%26.4%Base of Anal Fin4.9%6.1%7.3%8.1%Anal-Fin Origin to Longest Ray15.0%15.8%18.2%20.6%Caudal Peduncle Depth7.9%8.6%10.0%10.5%Caudal Peduncle Length15.2%16.5%19.0%20.8%Body Depth19.0%20.3%24.3%26.8%Predorsal Length43.8%44.8%48.5%49.5%
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description: Published as part of Akin, Daniel R., Jenkins, Robert E. & Armbruster, Jonathan W., 2025, Description of the Apalachicola Redhorse (Catostomidae: Moxostoma), pp. 193-195 in Zootaxa 5711 (2) on page 193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/18260775