A new species of Pseudogastromyzon Nichols (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from Fujian Province, southeastern China
Author
Chen, I-Shiung
0000-0002-4190-7720
Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C. & Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C.
iscfish@gmail.com
Author
Li, Hsien-En
0000-0002-5964-3292
Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202301, Taiwan, R. O. C.
seanlee22@hotmail.com
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Zootaxa
2025
2025-12-30
5738
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.22
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TABLE 1. Morphometric percentages of the two new Pseudogastromyzon species described in this study. All values were rounded to the first decimal.| Pseudogastromyzon putienensis sp. nov. |
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| Sex | Holotype | ♂ | ♀ |
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| n | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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| SL (cm) | 66.7 | 40.3–58.0 | 49.1 |
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| Percent in standard length (%) |
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| Head length (HL) | 20.2 | 20.5 (16.8–23.2) | 18.4 |
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| Dorsal head length | 22.5 | 23.9 (22.6–26.4) | 18.4 |
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| Body depth | 20.1 | 20.1 (17.3–22.5) | 16.3 |
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| Caudal peduncle length | 11.2 | 11.0 (10.3–12.6) | 10.9 |
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| Caudal peduncle depth | 12.9 | 12.5 (12.1–13.1) | 11.6 |
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| Pre-dorsal length | 45.4 | 47.8 (45.9–49.9) | 43.2 |
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| Pre-pelvic length | 42.9 | 43.7 (41.8–45.9) | 41.1 |
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| Preanal length | 68.5 | 71.3 (68.3–80.2) | 80.0 |
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| Pectoral-pelvic fin insertion | 27.3 | 29.5 (28.6–31.2) | 28.3 |
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| Pelvic-anal fin insertion | 37.4 | 37.7 (37.1–39.3) | 40.3 |
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| Dorsal fin base | 16.2 | 15.2 (13.3–16.7) | 15.1 |
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| Anal fin base | 7.4 | 7.5 (6.6–8.3) | 6.6 |
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| Pectoral fin length | 36.3 | 37.8 (36.0–39.6) | 38.1 |
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| Length between pectoral fins | 17.1 | 18.9 (16.6–20.9) | 16.9 |
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| Pelvic fin length | 27.1 | 28.2 (26.6–30.5) | 27.4 |
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| Length between pelvic fins | 17.5 | 18.4 (16.1–20.0) | 17.3 |
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| Upper caudal lobe length | 19.1 | 22.1 (20.8–24.3) | 23.0 |
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| Lower caudal lobe length | 22.8 | 24.9 (23.7–26.2) | 26.6 |
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| caudal peduncle depth/length | 115.2 | 114.8 (97.6–124.9) | 106.2 |
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| Percent in head length (%) |
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| Head width | 96.2 | 107.4 (90.2–126.9) | 109.5 |
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| Head depth | 67.6 | 70.4 (58.5–84.0) | 72.1 |
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| Snout length | 62.3 | 62.7 (56.1–70.8) | 66.5 |
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| Interorbital width | 60.7 | 63.2 (56.8–78.3) | 66.4 |
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| Eye diameter | 13.8 | 16.6 (13.2–20.7) | 17.3 |
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| Mouth width | 22.7 | 22.3 (19.9–23.7) | 20.6 |
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