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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Evolution. 2020 Apr 13;74(5):911–935. doi: 10.1111/evo.13953

Table 4.

Summary of electric organ histological survey, performed on 21 specimens of Paramormyrops kingsleyae.

Population Specimen No. μm Surveyed No. Sections No. Electrocytes No. Pa No. NPp Morphology
Apassa 6681 420 70 60 15 45 Mixed
Apassa 6675 648 108 64 50 14 Mixed
Apassa 6676 366 61 69 58 11 Pa
Apassa 6637 258 43 70 65 5 Pa
Bambomo 6489 240 40 60 10 50 NPp
Bambomo 6494 384 64 61 1 60 NPp
Bambomo 6497 276 46 67 0 67 NPp
Bambomo 6500 270 45 59 1 58 NPp
Bambomo 6547 378 63 52 1 51 NPp
Bambomo 6549 186 31 60 5 55 NPp
Bambomo 6597 438 73 58 43 15 Mixed
Mouvanga 6789 516 86 58 53 5 Pa
Mouvanga 6811 342 57 62 55 7 Pa
Mouvanga 6807 582 97 50 49 1 Pa
Mouvanga 6810 390 65 66 61 5 Pa
Mouvanga 6804 570 95 65 65 0 Pa
Mouvanga 6802 570 95 57 57 0 Pa
Songou 6611 252 42 59 0 59 NPp
Songou 6612 564 94 70 4 66 NPp
Songou 6613 234 39 64 5 59 NPp
Songou 6616 480 80 57 2 55 NPp

For each individual, the collection locality and specimen number are provided. For each specimen, one column of the entire electric organ was surveyed for the specified depth (μm) from lateral to medial (see Fig. 9). Total number of electrocytes, and the number of those exhibiting Pa type morphology and NPp type morphology are provided. Finally, the assessment of the overall EO morphology is specified as either Pa (>75% of electrocytes Pa) NPp (>75% electrocytes NPp) or mixed (<75% of electrocytes of one type). Note that some individuals determined to have Pa anatomy did not have penetrations in the rostral or caudal portion of the organ (See Fig. 9). In these cases, electrocytes could not be fully surveyed because of the orientation of tissue during sectioning.