Re-description of the loach species Leptobotia citrauratea (Teleostei, Botiidae), with the description of L. brachycephala from southern Zhejiang Province, China Author Guo, Dong-Ming https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2263-2167 Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei Province, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China Author Zhang, E Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei Province, China zhange@ihb.ac.cn text ZooKeys 2021 2021-02-12 1017 89 109 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1017.57503 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1017.57503 1313-2970-1017-89 22E18CFF59264283B996F937838A0712 4ACC0FCD1DDB5FE18D1AC42E3B8A75C4
Table 2. Major diagnostic characters amongst three species with a continuous or discontinuous orange line along the dorsal mid-line of the back. Data utilised for L. micra are from Bohlen and Slechtov (2017).
CharacterL. brachycephala sp.nov. (n = 22)L. citrauratea (n = 29)L. micra (n = 5)
Colour on the back of bodyA continuous or discontinuous orange line along dorsal mid-lineA row of rounded orange spots along the dorsal mid-lineA row of rounded orange spots along the dorsal mid-line
Dorsal-fin originSlightly posterior to pelvic-fin insertionSlightly anterior to or superior to pelvic-fin insertionSlightly posterior to or superior to pelvic-fin insertion
Caudal-fin shapeEmarginate with rounded lobes; median rays 1.2-1.5 times as long as upper lobe.Strongly forked, with broadly pointed lobes; median rays 1.7-2.3 times as long as upper lobe.Moderately forked, with broadly pointed lobes; median rays 1.3-1.4 times as long as upper lobe.
Predorsal length49.9-54.751.4-56.358.1-59.0
Body depth (% SL)11.1-15.814.8-19.215.3-18.3
Head length (% SL)18.4-22.822.5-26.823.6-25.9
Upper caudal-lobe length (% SL)15.2-20.823.6-26.918.7-23.9
Caudal-peduncle length (% SL)14.6-20.012.1-15.811.8-13.5
Dorsal-fin length (% SL)9.0-11.613.7-18.011.0-14.6
Anal-fin length (% SL)8.1-11.413.0-17.715.3-16.8