TABLE 1. Morphometric and meristic data for paratypes of Metriaclima melissa from the type locality Chitande Island (n=26), and for non-type material from Chewere (n=19), and from Mbuyu (n=22), Lake Malaŵi. Ranges for the population from Chitande Island include holotype. VariableHolotypeChitandeChewereMbuyuMinMaxMinMaxMinMaxStandard length (mm)60.251.171.948.265.949.972.9Head length (mm)17.315.121.415.019.915.421.9Percent head length (%)MeanStd DevSnout length28.828.41.422.632.324.533.225.330.6Postorbital head length44.042.01.740.047.839.046.439.745.5Horizontal eye diameter30.532.81.827.335.928.734.530.135.7Vertical eye diameter29.733.23.026.737.227.135.425.838.3MinMaxMinMaxMinMaxInterorbital width27.327.82.124.633.524.436.224.031.4Premaxillary pedicel length22.424.64.018.731.819.029.816.930.6Preorbital depth17.818.71.715.321.616.821.916.022.8Cheek depth24.425.71.722.231.418.630.623.229.0Lower jaw length39.838.02.231.243.330.242.133.442.8Head depth81.988.34.281.999.582.197.581.299.9Percent standard length (%)Head length28.830.90.928.332.329.232.428.932.7Body depth27.230.30.926.532.027.931.128.931.7Snout to dorsal-fin origin30.332.51.329.833.828.934.929.535.6Snout to pelvic-fin origin32.735.41.832.737.333.339.531.438.6Dorsal-fin base length64.562.51.557.567.453.066.059.065.2Anterior dorsal fin to anterior anal fin50.650.61.845.750.946.452.346.453.9Anterior dorsal fin to posterior anal fin65.464.41.558.867.160.266.161.767.1Posterior dorsal fin to anterior anal fin30.230.91.128.534.128.135.329.033.4Posterior dorsal fin to posterior anal fin15.415.50.613.418.112.718.914.216.6Posterior anal fin to dorsal caudal fin18.720.01.417.522.015.522.416.923.4Posterior dorsal fin to ventral caudal fin17.117.30.914.320.813.920.015.219.2Posterior dorsal fin to pelvic-fin origin57.357.41.351.761.654.761.454.960.9Anterior dorsal fin to pelvic-fin origin28.732.11.628.733.828.634.829.635.3Caudal peduncle length15.115.30.813.118.512.218.013.616.7Least caudal peduncle depth10.211.20.89.413.09.911.99.112.3Meristicsmode%freqDorsal-fin spines181849.3171916181718Dorsal-fin rays9963.8810810810Anal-fin spines33100333333Anal-fin rays8875.4797989Pectoral-fin rays131384.1131413141314Pelvic-fin rays55100555555Lateral-line scales323259.4313331333133Pored scales posterior to hypural plate1150.7121212Cheek scale rows4476.8443444Gill rakers 1st ceratobranchial (lower)141333.3111411151014Gil rakers 1st epibranchial (upper)3384.1332434Teeth in outer row of left lower jaw111144.910131012912Tooth rows upper jaw33100333333Tooth rows lower jaw33100333333 ...Continued on the next page

Published as part of Stauffer, Jay R. & Konings, Adrianus F., 2023, Description of a geographically variable elongate rock-dwelling cichlid (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa, pp. 268-269 in Zootaxa 5296 (2) on page 268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/7978223