New data on the western Balkan leuciscids Alburnoides and Alburnus (Teleostei, Leuciscidae) from the Vjosa River, Albania Author Bogutskaya, Nina G. Author Ahnelt, Harald text ZooKeys 2019 870 101 115 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.870.36235 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.870.36235 1313-2970-870-101 A43791304E1D4A84B6A30EAF3B564C57

Table 2. Diagnostic characters for examined Alburnoides samples of North, Black, and Adriatic basins from the Rhine southwards to Vjosa in Albania. Modal values are in bold.

Identification sensu Stierandova et al. (2016)	Our identifications, including presumed species	Total lateral line scales	Anal fin branched rays	Total vertebrae	Abdominal vertebrae	Caudal vertebrae	Predorsal abdominal vertebrae	Most frequent vertebral formulae	Most frequent states of the ventral keel development as part of keel length covered by scales (scaled)
A. bipunctatus Lineage I	A. bipunctatus, Rhine (n = 22)	45-51; 48-50; 48.4	131/2-171/2; 141/2- 15 1/2; [14.5] 1/2	40-42; 41; 41.4	20-21; 20; 20.2	20-22; 21; 21.2	13-15; 14; 14.2	20+21	1/2 to 3/4 scaled
Alburnoides sp. Lineage IV	A. cf. bipunctatus, Sava, upper Danube (n = 50)	45-54; 49-50; 48.9	121/2-151/2; 13 1/2; [13.3] 1/2	40-42; 41; 41.1	20-21; 20; 20.3	20-22; 21; 20.8	13-15; 14; 13.9	20+21, 21+21	2/3 scaled
A. ohridanus Lineage VII	A. ohridanus, Ohrid L. (n = 33)	42-46; 44; 43.9	101/2-131/2; 11 1/2; [11.4] 1/2	38-40; 39; 39.0	19-21; 20; 20.0	18-20; 19; 18.9	12-14; 13; 12.8	20+19	1/2 to 3/4 scaled
-	A. cf. ohridanus, Skadar L. (n = 19)	42-47; 44; 44.3	121/2-151/2; 12 1/2- 13 1/2; [12.8] 1/2	39-41; 40; 39.9	20-21; 20; 20.3	19-20; 20; 19.7	13-14; 14; 13.8	20+20	1/4 to 1/3 scaled
A. prespensis complex Lineage IX	A. prespensis Prespa L. (n = 3)	42-44; 43.0	101/2-111/2; 10 1/2; [10.3] 1/2	39; 39.0	20; 20.0	19; 19.0	13; 13.0	20+19	3/4 to completely scaled
A. prespensis complex *	A. fangfangae (n = 44)	6-53; 48-49; 48.3	111/2-141/2; 12 1/2; [12.1] 1/2	40-42; 40-41; 40.6	20-21; 20; 20.5	19-21; 20; 20.1	13-14; 14; 13.8	20+20, 21+20, 20+21	1/3 to 0 scaled (=completely scaleless)
A. prespensis complex *	A. devolli (n = 15)	44-48; 47; 46.2	111/2-131/2; 12 1/2; [12.1] 1/2	40-41; 40; 40.3	20-21; 20; 20.5	19-20; 20; 19.8	12-13; 13; 12.7	20+20	3/4 to completely scaled
A. prespensis complex Lineage VIII	A. cf. devolli Vjosa (NMW 55760, n = 40)	43-50; 44-49; 46.8	101/2-121/2; 11 1/2; [11.3] 1/2	39-41; 40; 40.4	20-21; 20; 20.5	19-21; 20; 19.9	13-15; 14; 13.7	20+20; 21+20	1/2 to 3/4 scaled