Balitora chipkali, a new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from the northern Western Ghats of India, with a note on the distribution of B. laticauda
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Kumkar, Pradeep
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Katwate, Unmesh
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Raghavan, Rajeev
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Dahanukar, Neelesh
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Zootaxa
2016
4138
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155
170
journal article
38560
10.11646/zootaxa.4138.1.7
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1175-5326
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TABLE 1. Morphometric data of Balitora chipkali holotype (BNHS FWF 193) and paratypes (BNHS FWF 194–196, WILD-15-PIS-228–230, 252, ZSI-WRC P/4780–4782).| Characters | Holotype | Paratypes (n = 10) |
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| | Average (sd) Range |
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| Total length (mm) | 58.7 | 53.6 (8.2) 36.3–63.9 |
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| Standard length (SL, mm) | 47.7 | 42.6 (6.5) 29.0–51.4 |
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| Head length (HL, mm) | 10.6 | 9.4 (1.1) 7.2–11.2 |
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| % SL | | |
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| Head length | 22.2 | 22.3 (1.4) 19.7–24.8 |
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| Pre-dorsal length | 46.8 | 47.3 (0.8) 46.0–48.3 |
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| Dorsal to caudal fin distance | 54.9 | 55.3 (0.9) 54.3–56.8 |
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| Pre-pectoral fin length | 14.9 | 16.6 (1.3) 15.7–19.9 |
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| Pre-pelvic fin length | 45.5 | 45.7 (1.2) 44.1–47.6 |
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| Pre-anus length | 69.1 | 70.5 (1.7) 67.6–72.6 |
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| Pre-anal fin length | 74.6 | 76.7 (0.9) 75.1–77.9 |
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| Pelvic fin to anus distance | 24.5 | 25.4 (1.5) 22.3–27.5 |
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| Anal fin to anus distance | 7.1 | 6.5 (1.5) 4.3–8.4 |
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| Body depth (at dorsal fin origin) | 13.2 | 13.3 (1.4) 10.9–14.9 |
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| Body depth (at anus) | 10.6 | 10.6 (1.0) 9.0–12.3 |
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| Body width (at dorsal fin origin) | 17.8 | 17.1 (2.0) 14.7–21.4 |
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| Body width (at anus) | 10.0 | 9.4 (1.1) 7.7–11.1 |
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| Height of dorsal fin | 20.3 | 20.2 (1.1) 18.3–22.2 |
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| Dorsal fin base length | 12.3 | 14.0 (0.9) 13.2–16.0 |
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| Length of upper caudal lobe | 22.6 | 23.3 (1.7) 21.5–26.7 |
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| Length of lower caudal lobe | 25.6 | 26.9 (1.1) 25.7–28.9 |
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| Length of median caudal rays | 14.1 | 15.6 (1.4) 13.7–17.6 |
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| Height of anal fin | 13.7 | 13.9 (0.7) 12.9–14.8 |
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| Anal fin base | 6.9 | 6.4 (1.3) 5.0–9.5 |
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| Length of pelvic fin | 22.6 | 21.3 (0.8) 20.2–22.6 |
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| Length of pectoral fin | 25.6 | 25.6 (0.9) 24.1–27.1 |
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| Depth of caudal peduncle | 6.9 | 7.5 (0.4) 6.9–8.1 |
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| Length of caudal peduncle | 19.5 | 16.7 (1.0) 15.1–18.2 |
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| %HL | | |
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| Dorsal head length | 105.0 | 105.3 (4.6) 97.8–113.6 |
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| Gape of mouth | 24.8 | 25.7 (1.8) 23.2–29.7 |
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| Head depth at eye | 39.6 | 39.6 (2.7) 36.2–45.9 |
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| Head depth at nape | 42.7 | 46.5 (3.1) 42.5–51.3 |
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| Snout length | 54.9 | 54.0 (3.9) 49.6–62.5 |
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| Head width (at nares) | 65.0 | 60.3 (6.5) 54.4–75.3 |
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| Maximum head width | 75.6 | 75.6 (4.9) 70.9–87.6 |
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| Eye diameter | 15.8 | 18.1 (1.8) 16.3–21.7 |
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| Interorbital width | 35.5 | 38.2 (3.6) 34.5–46.2 |
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