Naming the other cousin: A new goldie barb (Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrininae) from the northeast escarpment in South Africa, with proposed taxonomic rearrangement of the goldie barb group in southern Africa Author Scheepers, Martinus NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB), Makhanda, & Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, Makhanda, Author Bragança, Pedro H. N. NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB), Makhanda, & Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, Author Chakona, Albert NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB), Makhanda, & Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, Makhanda, text Journal of Fish Biology 2024 2024-07-17 105 4 1137 1150 https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15870 journal article 313186 10.1111/jfb.15870 4a21303d-d3a3-4276-b2b1-ac99c357573f 1095-8649 17004362

TABLE 3 Morphometric and meristic data for Enteromius niggie sp. nov. and E. neefi.

	E. niggie sp. nov.			E. neefi
Character	Holotype	Paratypes	Holotype	Paratypes	Other specimens
Number of specimens	1	14	1	8	7
Standard length (SL) (mm)	41.1	33.6–44.4	32.2	25.0–37.0	24.4–40.0
Head length (HL) (mm)	10.9	8.4–10.4	8.5	6.9–9.3	6.5–9.9
Caudal peduncle length (CPL) (mm)	9.6	8.5–12.6	7.6	5.7–8.6	6.0–9.5
Percentage of SL (%)
HL	26.5	21.3–26.1	26.4	24.9–27.9	22.7–26.8
Predorsal length	52.4	48.9–53.8	49.7	51.5–54.8	49.9–53.3
Dorsal-fin base	15.4	12.0–17.2	15.2	10.8–14.5	11.9–15.6
Dorsal-fin height	25.2	22.4–28.1	NA	24.9–28.7	20.0–25.9
Pectoral-fin length	19.9	17.6–21.0	NA	NA	14.8–20.1
Pelvic-fin length	19.0	17.0–19.5	NA	NA	14.4–18.0
Pectoral- to pelvic-fin length	24.9	18.7–28.3	23.6	18.8–24.1	21.0–26.7
Pelvic- to anal-fin length	17.9	14.6–21.9	17.4	14.3–19.6	14.5–21.1
Anal-fin base	8.3	7.5–10.8	6.8	6.4–7.7	5.7–8.7
Anal-fin height	18.9	15.1–19.6	NA	16.2–22.0	14.1–18.4
Body depth	26.9	23.2–28.0	27.6	27.5–30.0	24.8–29.2
Body width	15.8	11.8–15.1	NA	NA	12.9–17.1
CPL	23.4	22.1–26.7	23.6	21.9–25.0	20.0–25.7
Percentage of HL (%)
Head depth	80.9	77.0–88.0	75.3	74.1–77.5	74.9–91.7
Orbit	32.1	30.8–37.7	36.5	34.4–38.4	29.8–40.8
Inter-orbit	25.7	22.8–34.3	31.8	29.5–35.6	21.2–30.9
Snout length	26.6	20.8–30.8	24.7	21.8–26.9	21.6–25.1
Post-orbit	43.3	30.5–45.5	45.9	42.7–47.4	37.8–46.5
Anterior barbell	23.8	19.8–36.4	31.8	20.3–37.1	12.0–34.2
Posterior barbell	40.0	38.1–51.1	38.8	37.1–49.4	14.9–58.7
Percentage of CPL (%)
Caudal peduncle depth	54.3	42.4–66.7	61.8	52.3–64.1	51.6–63.3
Meristics
Unbranched dorsal-fin rays	iii	iii	iii	iii	iii
Branched dorsal-fin rays	8	8	8	8	8
Unbranched anal-fin rays	iii	iii	iii	iii	iii
Branched anal-fin rays	5	5	5	5	5
Pectoral-fin rays	13	12 (8–14)	NA	NA	11 (10–11)
Pelvic-fin rays	8	8 (8–9)	NA	NA	8 (8–9)
Lateral line scales (LL)	30	27 (27–30)	27	27 (26–28)	26 (24–28)
Scale rows between LL and dorsal fin	5	5	5	5	5
Scale rows between LL and pelvic fin	3	3	3	3	3
Scale rows between LL and anal fin	3	3	3	3	3
Circumpeduncular scales	12	12	11	12 (11–12)	12 (11–12)
Predorsal scale rows	12	11 (11–12)	11	12	12 (11–12)
Total vertebrae	32	33 (32–34)	32	32	32
Pre-caudal vertebrae	18	18	18	18	18
Caudal vertebrae	14	15 (14–16)	14	14	14
Predorsal vertebrae	9	9 (8–10)	9	9 (8–9)	8 (8–9)
Pre-anal vertebrae	19	19 (19–20)	19	19	19