DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18065234
title: Table 5 in A taxonomic revision of ten whitefish species from the lakes Lucerne, Sarnen, Sempach and Zug, Switzerland, with descriptions of seven new species (Teleostei, Coregonidae)

description: Table 5. Morphological and meristic data of Coregonus nobilis from Lake Lucerne, MHNG-656.056 neotype, historical specimen; syntypes of historical specimens N = 2, non-types of contemporary specimens N = 21. The neotype is included in the range and mean of the historical specimens.
SpeciesCoregonus nobilisMorphological charactersNeotypeNeotype + syntypesnon-typesNtotal = 3 *Ntotal = 21Nfemales = 9Nmales = 12meanrangemeanrangemeanrangemeanrangeStandard length (mm)207236207-254280.4253-315276.3253-313283.5264-315Percentage of standard lengthPelvic fin base3.93.83.5-43.93.2-4.53.73.2-4.543.6-4.5Pelvic fin ‘spine’ length6.46.35.9-6.564-7.25.74-6.56.25.2-7.2Pelvic fin length17.516.315.4-17.515.214.1-16.515.214.1-16.215.214.4-16.5Pectoral fin base3.73.43-3.73.33-3.63.33-3.53.33.1-3.6Pectoral fin 1 length19.21816.9-19.215.814.9-16.716.115.3-16.615.614.9-16.7Pectoral fin 2 length2018.317.2-2016.615.5-17.616.815.6-17.516.415.5-17.6Dorsal fin base10.210.710.2-11.211.210.3-12.610.810.3-11.211.410.3-12.6Length of anterior part of dorsal fin erected18.317.516.7-18.316.315.3-17.216.315.4-17.116.315.3-17.2Length of anterior part of dorsal fin depressed19.418.618.1-19.417.816.7-18.817.716.7-18.817.816.9-18.6Length of posterior part of dorsal fin erected6.15.65.3-6.15.24.7-5.95.34.9-5.95.14.7-5.9Anal fin base12.310.99.7-12.312.110.9-14.211.810.9-13.312.411.3-14.2Length of anterior part of the anal fin13.110.99.2-13.111.110-12.611.110.1-12.611.110-11.9Adipose fin base6.55.55-6.55.34.5-6.55.44.8-6.55.34.5-6.3Caudal fin lengthnanana22.320.1-23.822.120.1-23.822.521.4-23.7Caudal peduncle depth7.17.27.1-7.46.86.3-7.66.86.3-7.16.96.5-7.6Caudal peduncle length12.413.912.4-15.313.211.6-14.513.112.3-14.213.211.6-14.5Length from posterior part of adipose fin to caudal fin base20.920.519.8-20.918.817-20.518.817-19.918.917-20.5Dorsal head length16.214.813.9-16.213.612.8-14.913.412.9-14.313.712.8-14.9Prepelvic length52.450.348.8-52.450.547.9-5250.948.9-5250.147.9-51.6Preanal length76.876.876.1-77.676.574.2-78.576.975.1-78.576.374.2-77.6Predorsal length46.746.846-47.645.843.3-48.54643.3-48.545.643.8-46.7Body depth22.422.522.3-2323.820.7-25.524.121.7-25.523.620.7-25.5Postdorsal length42.945.842.9-47.344.942.6-48.244.943.5-46.444.942.6-48.2Head length22.420.719.6-22.419.818.5-21.919.718.5-20.619.918.8-21.9Total lengthnanana119113.7-122.1118.7113.7-122.1119.2116.8-121.2Head length (mm)46.348.646.3-5155.549.1-59.854.349.1-57.956.353.5-59.8Percentage of head lengthSnout length21.320.619.9-21.323.220.8-25.622.920.8-25.623.321.2-25.1Eye diameter25.624.223.5-25.621.820.2-23.122.221.2-23.121.520.2-22.7Eye cavity31.129.127.6-31.12624.2-2826.424.8-2825.824.2-27.8Eye height25.825.925.4-26.522.320.7-2422.421.1-23.222.320.7-24Eye socket4.64.74.6-54.23-5.34.53.4-5.33.93-5Postorbital length49.551.649.5-53.152.650.4-55.352.750.4-54.752.551.3-55.3Head depth73.375.273.3-76.671.265.9-77.872.368.8-77.870.565.9-74.6Mouth width10.81110.8-11.19.67.9-11.29.57.9-10.59.78.7-11.2Upper jaw length30.429.828.5-30.429.526.3-3229.826.3-3229.327.6-31.4Lower jaw length47.945.243.6-47.94036.6-42.240.337.7-42.239.736.6-42Length of maxilla23.923.622.8-242118.3-24.321.218.3-22.920.918.9-24.3Snout depth8.28.88.2-9.710.57.9-12.410.27.9-11.710.88.9-12.4Snout width16.21716.2-18.317.215.1-18.817.515.4-18.21715.1-18.8Head width44.846.144.8-48.250.646.2-5550.947.1-5550.446.2-52.7Interorbital width27.128.227-30.428.425.3-31.628.525.3-31.628.326.6-31.1Internarial width11.812.611.8-13.712.310.1-1512.610.8-1512.110.1-13.3Lower jaw length1098.3-1097.8-10.28.88-9.59.17.8-10.2Lower jaw width24.824.522.3-26.324.318.7-27.224.518.7-27.224.120.6-25.9Middle gill raker length14.814.8na13.410.2-16.613.110.2-16.613.612.3-15.1Longest gill raker length1515na14.210.6-1714.210.6-1714.212.6-15.4Upper arch lengthnanana18.716.4-20.518.916.8-20.518.616.4-19.7Lower arch lengthnanana34.231.7-39.334.431.7-39.333.932.6-36.4
* N=2 for PecF1 and N=1 for MGR, LGR.
description: Published as part of Selz, Oliver M. & Seehausen, Ole, 2023, A taxonomic revision of ten whitefish species from the lakes Lucerne, Sarnen, Sempach and Zug, Switzerland, with descriptions of seven new species (Teleostei, Coregonidae), pp. 95 in ZooKeys 1144 on page 95, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1144.67747