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 2 Factor loadings for the first three principal component axes on 16 morphometric and 10 meristic characters from 31 specimens of Enteromius niggie sp. nov. and Enteromius neefi.

Character	PC1	PC2	PC3
Note: The most important factor loadings are in bold font.
Morphometrics	24.35%	21.16%	15.36%
Head length	0.128	0.106	0.046
Body depth	0.108	0.546	0.146
Predorsal length	0.126	0.174	0.060
Dorsal-fin base	0.098	0.197	0.246
Pectoral- to pelvic-fin length	0.838	0.320	0.237
Pelvic- to anal-fin length	0.213	0.274	0.784
Anal-fin base	0.006	0.246	0.289
Caudal peduncle length	0.366	0.599	0.160
Caudal peduncle depth	0.056	0.051	0.002
Head depth	0.013	0.069	0.237
Snout length	0.050	0.050	0.026
Orbit diameter	0.026	0.002	0.080
Inter-orbit width	0.108	0.108	0.084
Post-orbit length	0.214	0.057	0.250
Anterior barbel length	0.128	0.106	0.046
Posterior barbel length	0.108	0.546	0.146
Meristics	49.84%	19.52%	12.69%
Lateral line scales	0.816	0.505	0.034
Circumpeduncular scales	0.032	0.064	0.003
Predorsal scales	0.393	0.268	0.387
Pectoral-fin rays	0.326	0.756	0.134
Pelvic-fin rays	0.069	0.257	0.119
Total vertebrae	0.122	0.122	0.641
Predorsal vertebrae	0.174	0.047	0.319
Pre-caudal vertebrae	0.002	0.017	0.026
Pre-anal vertebrae	0.002	0.017	0.026
Caudal vertebrae	0.148	0.116	0.551