The identity of Pethia punctata, a senior synonym of P. muvattupuzhaensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
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Katwate, Unmesh
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Baby, Fibin
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Raghavan, Rajeev
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Dahanukar, Neelesh
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Zootaxa
2014
3884
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10.11646/zootaxa.3884.3.1
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1175-5326
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TABLE 1. Morphometric data of Pethia punctata, topotypic material (n = 14; BNHS FWF 107–113, WILD-14-PIS-111 to 114, ZSI-WRC-P/4092) and Pethia muvattupuzhaensis type series and topotypic material (n = 19; type series: Holotype, F. 12241, ZSI / WGFRS, CLT; Paratypes, 2 ex., (uncatalogued specimens), ZSI / WGFRS, CLT; topotypic material: BNHS FWF 114 to 120, WILD-14-PIS-106 to 110, ZSI-WRC-P/4091).| Species | Pethia punctata | Pethia muvattupuzhaensis |
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| Mean (s.d.) Range | Mean (s.d.) Range |
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| Morphometric | | |
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| Total Length (mm) | 63.7 (4.2) 58.6–71.7 | 54.0 (3.3) 48.3–59.9 |
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| Standard Length (SL, mm) | 49.9 (3.4) 44.8–56.1 | 41.7 (2.9) 37.3–46.6 |
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| %SL | | |
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| Head length (HL) | 27.0 (1.4) 25.1–29.9 | 26.7 (1.1) 25.1–28.8 |
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| Body depth | 36.0 (1.2) 34.7–38.7 | 37.3 (2.0) 34.2–42.3 |
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| Body width at dorsal-fin origin | 16.2 (1.5) 12.5–17.9 | 15.3 (2.6) 9.6–17.9 |
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| Body width at anal-fin origin | 11.9 (1.7) 7.8–13.9 | 10.4 (1.8) 6.6–12.3 |
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| Pre-dorsal distance | 48.8 (1.7) 46.1–51.4 | 49.1 (1.6) 46.3–51.9 |
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| Dorsal to hypural distance | 54.2 (1.8) 50.3–56.5 | 54.4 (1.6) 51.0–57.3 |
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| Prepelvic distance | 48.1 (1.8) 44.6–51.2 | 48.2 (1.8) 45.0–52.7 |
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| Preanal distance | 70.8 (2.0) 67.0–74.7 | 71.5 (1.9) 68.8–75.4 |
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| Prepectoral distance | 26.0 (1.5) 23.6–29.2 | 25.7 (1.2) 24.2–29.1 |
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| Dorsal-fin length | 28.5 (1.6) 25.8–32.5 | 28.0 (1.5) 24.7–31.1 |
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| Dorsal-fin spine length | 22.2 (1.7) 19.0–25.2 | 22.0 (1.5) 19.4–24.2 |
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| Length of dorsal-fin base | 17.0 (1.4) 15.1–19.1 | 17.2 (1.3) 15.4–20.3 |
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| Pectoral-fin length | 20.4 (1.0) 18.8–22.6 | 20.3 (1.7) 18.0–23.1 |
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| Anal-fin depth | 17.4 (0.9) 15.7–18.9 | 16.6 (1.2) 14.5–19.5 |
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| Caudal-peduncle length | 19.4 (1.5) 17.3–22.1 | 18.7 (1.5) 15.7–21.5 |
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| Caudal-peduncle depth | 14.1 (0.4) 13.3–14.9 | 14.0 (0.7) 13.1–15.3 |
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| %HL | | |
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| Snout length | 27.3 (2.5) 22.3–32.5 | 25.2 (2.5) 21.3–28.9 |
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| Eye diameter | 30.4 (2.3) 27.6–33.6 | 33.4 (3.0) 28.5–38.2 |
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| Inter-orbital width | 38.1 (2.3) 34.6–42.1 | 39.9 (2.6) 34.8–44.1 |
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| Head depth | 77.0 (3.9) 69.6–81.2 | 77.3 (3.3) 72.6–83.0 |
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| Head width | 54.5 (3.1) 47.8–59.9 | 54.3 (2.1) 50.5–60.0 |
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| Meristics | | |
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| Lateral-line scale | 23−25 | 23−25 |
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| Number of lateral-line pores | 23−25 | 23−25 |
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| Dorsal-fin spine serrae | 12−18 | 11−18 |
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| Transverse scale rows | ½4/1/3½ | ½4/1/3½ |
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| Predorsal scale | 8 | 8 |
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| Prepelvic scale | 9−10 | 9−10 |
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| Preanal scale | 13−14 | 13−14 |
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| Circumpeduncular scales | 12 | 12 |
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| Dorsal-fin rays | iii 8 | iii 8 |
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| Pectoral-fin rays | i 9−10 | i 9−10 |
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| Pelvic-fin rays | i 7 | i 7 |
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| Anal-fin rays | iii 5 | iii 5 |
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| Caudal-fin rays (procurrent) | 7+6 | 7+6 |
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| Caudal-fin rays (principal) | 9+8 | 9+8 |
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