A brief review of Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) species from the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, China, with description of a new species Author Li, Jinlu Author Liu, Naifa Author Yang, Junxing text Zootaxa 2007 1605 47 58 journal article 49088 10.5281/zenodo.178778 48b6989c-5b7f-4c6c-8723-db98d145c2b5 1175-5326 178778

TABLE 2 Main morphometric and morphological characters of T. laterimaculata and 13 similar species in the Tarim River and China (mean value in parentheses).

Characteristic	T. laterimaculata (n=6)	T. dalaica (n=75)	T. strauchii (n=39)	T. papillosolabiatus (n=43)	T. stewarti (n=183)
SL (mm)	36.8–43.4	46–130	65–143	71–121	40–94
D A	iii, 7 iii, 5	iii–iv, 7–8 (7) iii–iv, 5	iv, 7–8 iii–iv, 5	iii–iv, 7–8 (7) iii, 5	iii–iv, 7–10 (8) ii–iii, 5–6
P	i, 10–11	i, 10–12	i, 10–13	i, 10–11	i, 9–13
V C	i, 7 15–16(15)	i, 7 16–17 (16)	i, 6–8 15–16 (16)	i, 7 14–18 (15–16)	i, 5–8 13–16
Gill rakers	12	10–14	12–16	12–15	11–19
Vertebrae HL % SL	4+33–35 23.8–26.7	4+34–36 20.0–25.6	4+37–38 20.4–25.0	4+36–38 16.7–25.6	4+33–38(35) 18.2–27.8
BD % SL	12.4–17.1	13.9–22.7	15.2–19.6	11.5–18.2	11.0–22.7
CPL % SL CPL/CPD	18.1–22.6 2.3–3.3	14.3–23.3 1.5–2.8	20.0–25.0 3.1–5.5	23.3–29.4 3.9–9.1	21.3–30.3 3.2–7.3
CPW <CPD	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
PDL % SL Position of pelvic fin origin compared with dorsal fin origin Lips papillae developed	53.0–56.9 Below 2nd–3rd branched dorsal ray Yes	50–56 Below 3rd–7th branched dor- sal ray No	50–54 Below 1st – 2nd branched dor- sal ray Yes	44–50 Below the last unbranched, 1st –2nd branched dorsal ray Yes	47–52 Opposite, or 1st – 2nd branched dorsal ray Yes
Intestine, anterior bend reaching which part of the U-shaped stomachic dilatation	2 coils, mid part	3–5 coils, ante- rior part	2 coils, anterior part	2 coils, anterior part	2 coils, mid part
Shape and structure of posterior part of air bladder	Ovoid, with a long tube	Ovoid, with a short tube	Ovoid, with a long tube	Ovoid, with a long tube	Long bag shaped, no tube,
Caudal fin	Slightly emargin- ate	Slightly emar- ginate	Lunate	Emarginate	Lunate
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