Lefua hoffmanni Herre 1932, a junior synonym of Oreonectes platycephalus Günther 1868 (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) Author Ito, Taiki Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Hachiman-cho, Tokushima 770 - 8070, Japan. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-14 5448 4 519 530 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.5 journal article 296649 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.5 8aade432-a723-49ae-9fe5-2ae27aab40c5 1175-5326 11232253 0FAC5296-A0BF-4F03-AE94-174E72C3564F

TABLE 1. Counts and measurements of type specimens of Oreonectes platycephalus and Lefua hoffmanni.

	Oreonectes platycephalus			Lefua hoffmanni
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	Syntypes			Holotype	Paratype
	BMNH 1848.7.12.6–7 (n =2)	BMNH 1855.3.27.16–18 (n =3)	BMNH 1858.9.19.155–173 (n =10)	CAS-SU 25727	BMNH 1933.3.11.859
Standard length (mm)	53.6–55.5	44.0–56.9	36.8–45.7	71.6	55.9
Counts
Dorsal fin rays	iii, 6	iii, 6	iii, 6	iii, 6	iii, 6
Anal fin rays	iii, 5	iii, 5	iii, 5–6	iii, 5	iii, 5
Pectoral fin rays	i, 10	i, 10–11	i, 10–11	i, 11	i, 9
Pelvic fin rays	i, 7	i, 7	i, 7	i, 7	i, 7
Caudal fin rays	i, 7, 8, i	i, 7, 8, i	i, 6–7, 8, i	i, 7, 7, i	i, 6, 7, i
Lateral line pores	6–12	8–11	7–15	12	11
Transverse scales	109–116	108–118	106–117	118	117
Supraorbital canal pores	6	5–6	5–6	6	6
Supratemporal canal pores	3	3	3–4	3	3
Infraorbital canal pores	4+10	4+9–10	4+10–11	4+10	4+10
Preoperculo-mandibular canal pores	7	7–9	7–9	7	8
Abdominal vertebrae	18	18–19	17–18	18	18
Caudal vertebrae	18	17–19	17–19	19	19
Total vertebrae	36	36–37	35–37	37	37
Measurements
In % of standard length
Head length	16.7–18.0	17.6–18.4	15.5–19.4	20.4	17.1
Lateral head length	21.5–22.0	21.7–22.5	21.8–24.0	23.1	21.6
Head depth at posterior extremity of supraoccipital	9.0–9.3	7.9–10.2	8.1–10.5	12.2	10.3
Maximum head width	10.7–11.0	11.4–12.6	10.9–13.4	15.0	11.0
Body depth	12.1–15.0	11.9–13.7	10.7–14.5	14.1	15.0
Body width at front of dorsal fin	9.8–10.2	5.7–10.8	6.4–10.5	15.5	12.0
Body width at front of anal fin	5.3–6.5	4.4–5.4	3.5–7.5	11.5	8.2
Depth of caudal peduncle	10.2–11.4	11.0–11.9	10.8–12.9	12.2	11.1
Length of caudal peduncle	14.3–15.5	14.5–16.1	13.5–19.1	17.3	14.9
Predorsal length	62.8–64.0	61.2–62.3	58.5–63.5	63.7	63.2
Preanal length	70.4–71.7	75.1–76.5	73.7–80.8	76.3	71.0
Prepelvic length	52.0–54.4	52.6–54.0	52.1–56.8	55.3	50.8
Pectoral fin base to pelvic fin base	32.1–35.2	28.9–33.4	29.0–35.7	34.4	34.5
Dorsal fin base to pelvic fin base	12.9–15.2	14.4–17.3	9.5–16.4	17.1	18.3
Height of dorsal fin	10.9–12.2	12.1–13.9	11.2–15.3	8.6	11.5
Length of dorsal fin base	6.5–7.2	6.6–8.7	7.2–8.9	8.0	7.5
Anal fin length	9.1–10.4	14.3–17.0	15.3–18.3	17.0	14.0
	Syntypes			Holotype	Paratype
	BMNH 1848.7.12.6–7 (n =2)	BMNH 1855.3.27.16–18 (n =3)	BMNH 1858.9.19.155–173 (n =10)	CAS-SU 25727	BMNH 1933.3.11.859
Length of anal fin base	7.0–7.2	5.8–8.2	5.6–9.2	9.0	7.1
Pectoral fin length	19.4–19.7	17.0–19.7	16.6–22.0	16.6	14.3
Pelvic fin length	16.2–17.0	16.8–18.3	15.2–20.2	16.7	15.6
Length of caudal lobes	23.6–23.7	21.0–23.1	22.7–25.7	20.1	20.2
In % of head length
Snout length	39.0–39.2	38.4–43.6	34.5–42.4	47.5	45.2
Eye diameter	12.0–12.5	13.7–13.8	12.3–19.4	10.8	13.9
Interorbital width	41.2–43.4	32.8–38.1	30.0–42.3	48.5	43.3
Inner rostral barbel length	25.3–32.4	28.6–33.5	25.0–29.7	26.5	29.2
Outer rostral barbel length	57.9–61.2	49.3–55.2	45.1–65.8	41.4	47.9
Maxillary barbel length	42.3–45.5	44.1–45.3	37.4–53.0	39.2	41.7
Distance between anterior and posterior nostrils	7.1–8.7	4.5–6.2	5.0–8.9	6.7	7.5
Distance between eye and posterior nostril	2.8–3.7	1.4–1.8	0.1–2.5	2.7	1.8