Puntius

Characters	Jamuna	Padma	Meghna	Halda
LT	13.97±.31^a	13.8±.51^a	14.89±.28^a	14.12±.39^a
LS	10.99±.28^ab	10.67±.40^b	11.74±.20^a	11.02±.38^ab
LF	12.24±.26^a	12.14±.44^a	13.01±.23^a	12.33±.35^a
LH	2.32±.06^b	2.47±.11^b	2.83±.06^a	2.55±.08^b
K¯	2.88±.20^a	2.27±.10^b	2.47±.09^b	2.27±.07^b
M¯	4.21±.10^a	4.01±.22^a	4.31±.15a	4.10±.12a
B¯	1.68±.05^ab	1.52±.06^b	1.77±.08^a	1.61±.06^ab
LI	0.52±.02^a	0.50±.01^a	0.55±.02^a	0.54±.01^a
EH	1.25±.05^a	1.22±.05^a	1.32±.06^a	1.23±.02^a
IE	0.73±.02^a	0.72±.04^a	0.77±.06^a	0.70±.01^a
SnL	0.85±.04^a	0.78±.03^a	0.79±.03^a	0.78±.02^a
LM	5.32±.10^b	5.25±.25^b	5.85±.12^a	5.39±.15^ab
NS	3.87±.09^a	3.45±.15^b	3.44±.18^b	3.31±.14^b
D¯	2.31±.07^b	2.43±.08^b	2.69±.08^a	2.54±.09^ab
P¯	2.18±.08^a	2.12±.08^a	2.25±.06^a	2.07±.08^a
V¯	1.93±.06^a	1.83±.07^a	1.95±.05^a	1.85±.07^a
A¯	1.67±.06^a	1.69±.07^a	1.79±.09^a	1.69±.05^a
MN	1.88±.07^a	1.77±.07^a	1.96±.06^a	1.76±.08^a
R	0.46±.04^b	0.53±.02^a	0.59±.02^a	0.56±.02^a
WX	0.59±.02^a	0.61±.02^a	0.61±.08^a	0.59±.03^a
YZ	1.17±.05^a	1.07±.06^a	1.21±.06^a	1.18±03^a
JL	0.91±.02^a	0.81±.04^a	0.81±.04^a	0.76±.03^a
JU	0.77±.03^a	0.73±.03^a	0.70±.03^a	0.66±.03^a

Values are mean ± standard error. Mean values in each row bearing different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).

Table 2: Morphometric characters of Puntius sarana population observed in the Jamuna, Padma, Meghna and Halda rivers of Bangladesh.