Liobagrus huaiheensis, a new species of torrent catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes Amblycipitidae) from the Huaihe River basin in Central China Author Chen, Zhongguang College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, Sichuan, 625014, China. Author Wu, Jiayun College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, Sichuan, 625014, China. Author Wen, Anxiang College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, Sichuan, 625014, China. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-04-09 4952 2 391 400 journal article 7334 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.2.11 81e52fca-0a62-45ca-a550-f236c969b7d9 1175-5326 4673989 6797CBF2-A2F9-413A-9D5A-9AE9D633280E

TABLE 2. Comparisons of major diagnostic characters for species of Liobagrus with a serrated posterior edge of pectoral-fin spine.

	L. huaiheensis	L. marginatus	L. nigricauda	L. kingi	L. chenghaiensis
Notes: data from a, Regan (1904); b, Wright & Ng (2008); c, Sun et al. (2013); d, Xie & Zhang (2018); e, Kim et al. (2015); f, Son et al. (1987); g, Park et al. (2010).
Upper/lower jaw in length	≥1	≤1	≥1 a	≤1	≤1
Marked incision at conflu- ence between adipose and caudal-fin	Present	Present	Absent a	Present	Present
Caudal-fin shape	Rounded	Sub-truncate	Rounded a	Rounded	Sub-truncate
Serrations on posterior edge of pectoral-fin spine	2–3	2–6	>0 b	2–4	2–5 c
Anal-fin rays	15–17	11–14	15a	9–12	10–12 c
Post-Weberian Vertebrae	35–37	34–38	Unknown	Unknown	35–39 c
Anus location	Close to pelvic- Close to pelvic- fin insertion fin insertion		Close to pelvic- Close to anal- fin insertion fin origin		Close to pelvic-fin insertion
Continued.
	L. andersoni L. mediadiposalis		L. obesus	L. somjinensis	L. hyeongsanensis
Upper/lower jaw in length	≤1	≥1	≥1	≥1	≥1
Marked incision at con- fluence between adipose and caudal-fin	Present d	Present d	Absent d	Present d	Absent e
Caudal-fin shape	Sub-truncate d	Sub-truncate d	Rounded d	Sub-truncate d	Rounded e
Serrations along posterior edge of pectoral-fin spine	0–3 e	4–6 e	3–5 f	4–6 g	2–3 e
Anal-fin rays	15–16 d	13–14 d	15–17 d	14–16 d	15–18 e
Number of post-Webe- rian Vertebrae	39–40 f	40–44 f	38–40 f	38–44 g	38–41 e
Anus location	Close to anal- Close to pelvic-fin fin origin d insertion d		Close to anal- fin origin d	Close to pelvic- fin insertion d	Close to pelvic-fin insertion