Morphometric data for East African Cichlids (Ectodini, Lamprologini, Tropheini, Cyprichromini, Perissodini, Limnochromini) downloaded from FishBase

This spreadsheet contains the data downloaded from FishBase. Each species name also includes a link to the FishBase page for that species. The data is separated by tribe, and includes data for species from Ectodini, Lamprologini, Tropheini, Cyprichromini, Perissodini, and Limnochromini. The characters used include standard length (% total length), pre-anal length (% total length), pre-dorsal length (% total length), pre-pelvic length (% total length), pre-pectoral length (% total length), body depth (% total length), head length (% total length), eye diameter (% head length), pre-orbital length (% head length), and the aspect ratio (calculated as height squared divided by surface area) of the caudal fin.