Description of two new species of the genus Paranemachilus (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from Guangxi, China Author Mo, Hao-Lin https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6674-9490 Key Laboratory of Wildlife Evolution and Conservation in Mountain Ecosystem of Guangxi, Nanning Normal University, Nanning, 530001, China Author Yang, Jian 0000-0001-7115-6713 Key Laboratory of Wildlife Evolution and Conservation in Mountain Ecosystem of Guangxi, Nanning Normal University, Nanning, 530001, China Author Li, Peng Key Laboratory of Wildlife Evolution and Conservation in Mountain Ecosystem of Guangxi, Nanning Normal University, Nanning, 530001, China Author Du, Li-Na Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi, 541004, China text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2024 2024-10-14 100 4 1375 1385 journal article 304530 10.3897/zse.100.129520 b4d20d27-0e8a-419f-a629-c97fda988bdc C676AE6A-A1BE-4017-B11F-516593F09A81

Table 1. Morphometric characters of Paranemachilus luegvetensis sp. nov. and Paranemachilus liui sp. nov.

	Paranemachilus luegvetensis sp. nov.		Paranemachilus liui sp. nov.
	Holotype	Paratypes (n = 8)	Holotype	Paratypes (n = 8)
	NNNU 230611	NNNU 230603–10	NNNU 230710006	NNNU 230710001 – 008
Dorsal fin ray	3, 8	3, 8–9	3, 8	3, 8
Anal fin ray	3, 5	3, 6	3, 5	3, 5
Pectoral fin ray	1, 12	1, 11–12	1, 11	1, 11–13
Pelvic fin ray	1, 6	1, 6–7	1, 7	1, 6–7
Caudal fin ray	2, 17	2, 17–18	2, 17	2, 17
Standard length / mm	41.7	26.1–34.8 (31.6 ± 2.7)	51.4	47.6–61.6 (53.0 ± 4.3)
Body height	8.3	3.7–5.4 (4.7 ± 0.6)	10.0	9.8–12.2 (10.8 ± 1.1)
Maximum body height	9.4	3.8–5.7 (4.9 ± 0.7)	10.4	10.4–14.0 (11.6 ± 0.8)
Body width	6.6	2.2–3.8 (3.2 ± 0.5)	7.0	6.5–8.7 (7.2 ± 0.8)
Maximum body width	7.7	2.6–4.8 (3.8 ± 0.7)	8.7	6.7–9.8 (8.4 ± 1.0)
Body width at anus	4.7	1.3–2.8 (2.0 ± 0.4)	5.2	4.8–6.9 (5.5 ± 0.6)
Predorsal length	22.7	14.0–18.7 (16.9 ± 1.4)	28.9	27.2–33.0 (29.8 ± 1.9)
Dorsal fin length	5.0	3.3–5.9 (4.7 ± 1.0)	5.7	5.5–7.3 (6.2 ± 0.6)
Dorsal fin-base length	5.1	3.1–4.6 (4.0 ± 0.5)	5.9	5.4–7.6 (6.4 ± 0.7)
Prepelvic length	22.7	14.2–19.0 (17.4 ± 1.5)	29.0	26.4–34.8 (29.6 ± 2.4)
Pelvic fin length	5.0	3.6–4.9 (4.2 ± 0.4)	6.1	5.9–8.7 (6.8 ± 0.8)
Pelvic fin base length	1.1	0.6–1.1 (0.9 ± 0.1)	2.0	1.8–2.3 (2.0 ± 0.2)
Preanus length	29.2	17.8–24.6 (22.5 ± 2.1)	36.7	33.9–45.8 (37.4 ± 3.6)
Preanal length	32.2	18.6–26.0 (24.0 ± 2.3)	39.2	36.7–48.6 (40.3 ± 3.6)
Anal fin length	5.2	4.3–6.3 (5.5 ± 0.6)	6.5	6.5–9.8 (7.8 ± 1.0)
Anal fin base length	3.1	2.3–2.9 (2.6 ± 0.2)	3.7	3.1–4.6 (3.8 ± 0.4)
Prepectoral length	9.7	7.0–8.6 (7.8 ± 0.6)	12.0	11.3–15.3 (12.4 ± 1.2)
Pectoral fin length	6.4	4.3–5.5 (5.2 ± 0.4)	8.1	7.0–9.8 (8.2 ± 0.9)
Pectoral fin base length	1.5	0.7–1.2 (1.0 ± 0.2)	1.9	1.4–3.0 (1.8 ± 0.5)
Caudal fin length	6.3	5.6–7.8 (6.8 ± 0.6)	9.2	9.1–11.1 (9.9 ± 0.7)
Caudal-peduncle length	5.2	4.5–5.5 (5.0 ± 0.3)	8.2	7.0–9.5 (8.6 ± 0.7)
Caudal-peduncle depth	5.3	2.3–4.0 (3.0 ± 0.6)	6.9	6.9–8.8 (7.8 ± 0.6)
Head length	9.7	7.2–8.7 (8.1 ± 0.6)	12.6	11.7–15.6 (12.9 ± 1.2)
Head height at eye	5.1	2.0–4.1 (3.0 ± 0.6)	5.2	4.5–6.7 (5.7 ± 0.7)
Head height at nape	5.8	3.4–4.4 (4.1 ± 0.3)	6.9	6.9–8.8 (7.5 ± 0.7)
Head width at eye	6.4	3.2–4.8 (4.1 ± 0.5)	8.0	6.1–9.6 (7.4 ± 1.0)
Maximum head width	7.1	3.9–5.7 (5.0 ± 0.5)	9.4	7.3–11.6 (8.9 ± 1.2)
Snout length	2.4	1.8–2.8 (2.3 ± 0.3)	2.7	2.7–4.5 (3.4 ± 0.5)