Loaches of Vanmanenia (Cypriniformes: Gastromyzontidae) from Yunnan, China with Description of a New Species Author Li, Xu Author Zhou, Wei Author Che, Xing-Jin text Zootaxa 2019 2019-05-08 4603 1 125 144 journal article 26898 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.6 16c42bc5-8d00-477e-98a0-cf4c2f4b4cca 1175-5326 2673361 AB9A3D8A-953E-4A14-934C-152AE805F680

TABLE 1. Comparisons among species of the barred group in Vanmanenia.

	Vanmanenia crassicauda *	Vanmanenia microcephala, sp. nov.	Vanmanenia serrilineata *	Vanmanenia striata	Vanmanenia tetraloba	Vanmanenia sp.
Distribution	Lancang-jiang	Lancang-jiang	Lancang-jiang	Yuan-jiang	Lixian-jiang	Jinsha-jiang
Bars on the flank	The holotype (Kottelat	With 14–22 black bars	The holotype and a	16–21 black bars with	10–15 regular bars with	14–16 regular bars with
	2000, Fig. 66-b) with 12–	with widths smaller than	paratype (Kottelat 2000,	widths smaller than eye	widths about equal to the	widths about equal to the
	16 regular bars with	the eye diameter	Fig. 68c-d) with 27–35	diameter	eye diameter	eye diameter
	widths equal to the eye		slim vermiculations with
	diameter; a paratype		widths smaller than the
	(Kottelat 2000, Fig. 66-a)		eye diameter; a paratype
	with 3 big cloud-like		(Kottelat 2000, Fig. 68-a)
	blotches about 3–4 times		with 4 big cloud-like
	the eye diameter		blotches about 3–4 times
			eye diameter; a paratype
			(Kottelat 2000, Fig. 68-b)
			with a series of irregular
			dark cloud-like blotches
Marks on the	large black blotch	large black blotch	large black blotch	vermiculations	vermiculations	vermiculations
dorsal of head
Anus position	closer to pelvic-fin	located at anterior one	closer to pelvic-fin	located at anterior one	located at anterior one	located between the
	insertion than to anal-fin	third of the distance	insertion than to anal-fin	third of the distance	third of the distance	pelvic-fin insertion and
	origin	between pelvic-fin	origin	between pelvic-fin	between pelvic-fin	anal-fin origin
		insertion and anal-fin		insertion and anal-fin	insertion and anal-fin
		origin		origin	origin
Mark on the	Complete	Dissociated	The holotype (Kottelat	Dissociated	Complete	Complete
caudal fin base			2000, Fig. 68-c) and
			paratypes (Kottelat 2000,
			Fig. 68-a, d) complete; a
			paratype (Kottelat 2000,
			Fig. 68-b) dissociated
Black saddles	4–5	4–6	4	7–9	5–7	6–7
across the dorsal
midline
Gill opening	Larger and its upper	Smaller and its upper	Larger and its upper	Larger and its upper	Larger and its upper	Larger and its upper
	angle is level with the	angle is level with the	angle is level with the	angle is level with the	angle is level with the	angle is level with the
	middle point of the eye	lower edge of the eye	middle point of the eye	middle point of the eye	middle point of the eye	middle point of the eye