Redescription of Nemachilichthys rueppelli, a senior synonym of N. shimogensis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) Author Keskar, Ashwini Author Kumkar, Pradeep Author Katwate, Unmesh Author Ali, Anvar Author Raghavan, Rajeev Author Dahanukar, Neelesh text Zootaxa 2015 4059 3 555 568 journal article 39210 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.3.7 a69f5212-7f06-4df5-a431-08ea0a282f96 1175-5326 241119 0D4F3447-2E65-4748-8DEF-92AB7876B431

TABLE 2. Morphometric data for six populations of Nemachilichthys rueppelli. Character abbreviations as in Figure 2. Specimens used for morphometry - Mula-Mutha River: BNHS FWF –180 (3), WILD-15-PIS-225–227 (3), ZSI-WRC P/4495 (4); Nira River, Bhor: BNHS FWF 175–177 (3), WILD-14-PIS-122–123 (2), WILD-15-PIS-222–224 (3), ZSI-WRC P/4494 (4); Krishna River, Wai: BNHS FWF 168–169 (2), WILD-15-PIS-215–216 (2), ZSI-WRC P/4491 (1); Koyna River, Patan: BNHS FWF 170–173 (4), WILD-14-PIS-120–121 (2), WILD-15-PIS- –220 (4), ZSI-WRC P/4492 (3); Hiranyakeshi River: BNHS FWF 174 (1), WILD-14-PIS-119 (1), WILD-15-PIS-221 (1), ZSI-WRC P/4493 (1); Tunga River: CRG-SAC.2014.03.190.1–3, WILD-14-PIS-118 (1).

	Mula-Mutha River (n = 10)	Nira River (n = 12)	Krishna River (n = 5)	Koyna River (n = 13)	Hiranyakeshi River (n = 4)	Tunga River (n = 4)	All populations (n = 48)
Character	Mean (sd) Range	Mean (sd) Range	Mean (sd) Range	Mean (sd) Range	Mean (sd) Range	Mean (sd) Range	Mean (sd) Range
TL, mm	93.1 (2.9) 87.4–98.0	76.4 (9.2) 61.8–88.5	70.6 (9.0) 60.9–84.8	81.4 (7.6) 63.5–93.5	90.7 (4.1) 86.2–96.1	73.0 (25.6) 54.4–110.3	81.6 (12.1) 54.4–110.3
SL, mm	74.8 (2.6) 69.5–79.0	61.4 (7.5) 49.8–70.5	56.1 (6.6) 50.0–66.9	66.3 (6.5) 51.0–76.7	73.3 (3.7) 69.1–77.8	59.1 (20.8) 43.6–89.2	65.8 (9.9) 43.6–89.2
HL, mm	18.3 (0.6) 17.0–19.1	16.1 (1.6) 13.3–18.4	14.4 (1.6) 13.0–16.8	16.8 (1.7) 13.2–19.8	18.2 (0.9) 17.2–19.2	15.3 (4.6) 11.2–21.6	16.7 (2.1) 11.2–21.6
% SL
HL	24.5 (0.5) 24.0–25.6	26.3 (0.8) 25.2–27.9	25.7 (0.7) 25.0–26.6	25.4 (0.9) 24.4–27.5	24.8 (0.2) 24.6–25.1	26.2 (1.6) 24.3–27.8	25.5 (1.0) 24.0–27.9
PDL	50.4 (0.9) 49.2–52.2	50.5 (1.5) 48.0–53.0	50.4 (1.0) 49.5–51.9	50.2 (1.1) 48.3–52.0	49.9 (0.6) 49.1–50.4	50.6 (3.4) 47.0–54.9	50.3 (1.4) 47.0–54.9
DCL	50.7 (1.0) 49.0–52.3	50.4 (0.9) 49.3–51.4	51.6 (1.0) 50.3–52.7	50.2 (0.9) 48.5–52.1	51.2 (0.2) 50.9–51.3	51.1 (1.5) 49.4–52.7	50.7 (1.0) 48.5–52.7
PPL	25.7 (0.9) 24.5–27.4	26.4 (1.4) 23.7–29.0	27.2 (0.6) 26.2–27.7	25.7 (1.2) 24.1–28.7	24.3 (0.5) 24.0–25.0	25.7 (1.3) 23.9–26.7	25.9 (1.3) 23.7–29.0
PVL	55.4 (1.6) 52.2–57.6	54.0 (1.3) 52.3–56.1	54.2 (1.2) 52.5–55.8	53.2 (1.5) 50.3–55.6	53.7 (0.9) 52.6–54.4	51.4 (2.6) 47.8–53.4	53.9 (1.8) 47.8–57.6
PAL	66.1 (1.6) 62.7–68.2	67.0 (1.2) 64.3–69.0	66.7 (1.4) 65.3–68.2	65.2 (1.9) 61.6–68.4	66.7 (2.0) 64.1–68.9	63.5 (2.5) 60.1–65.5	66.0 (1.9) 60.1–69.0
PAnL	80.2 (1.3) 78.0–82.2	79.9 (1.1) 78.1–81.0	78.3 (1.5) 76.6–80.6	80.0 (1.1) 78.1–81.8	80.1 (1.7) 77.7–81.4	79.4 (2.4) 76.5–81.8	79.8 (1.4) 76.5–82.2
BD(D)	16.1 (1.1) 14.8–18.2	15.9 (1.2) 13.7–17.6	14.1 (0.6) 13.3–14.9	16.7 (1.8) 13.4–19.5	17.4 (0.7) 16.3–17.9	15.5 (1.8) 13.6–17.4	16.1 (1.5) 13.3–19.5
BD(A)	13.5 (0.9) 12.5–15.6	12.6 (0.9) 11.5–14.7	12.1 (1.1) 10.5–13.4	13.5 (0.9) 11.9–14.9	14.0 (0.5) 13.6–14.5	13.3 (1.2) 12.2–14.8	13.1 (1.0) 10.5–15.6
BW(D)	12.3 (1.1) 10.4–14.6	12.5 (1.2) 9.7–13.9	10.6 (0.6) 9.6–11.1	13.6 (1.9) 9.8–16.8	14.2 (1.0) 12.9–15.1	11.8 (1.3) 10.4–13.6	12.6 (1.7) 9.6–16.8
BW(A)	10.7 (1.0) 9.4–12.7	10.4 (1.7) 6.0–11.7	9.2 (0.7) 8.5–10.2	11.3 (1.9) 7.1–13.0	12.1 (0.5) 11.4–12.5	9.9 (1.8) 7.2–11.4	10.7 (1.6) 6.0–13.0
HDF	21.7 (0.9) 20.3–23.1	21.9 (1.5) 20.0–25.8	22.1 (0.9) 21.2–23.1	20.6 (2.3) 16.9–25.1	20.1 (1.9) 17.7–21.7	22 (1.0) 20.5–22.8	21.4 (1.7) 16.9–25.8
BDF	20.7 (0.8) 19.4–21.7	19.2 (1.2) 17.3–21.1	19.4 (1.1) 18.2–20.6	19.6 (1.2) 16.8–21.8	20.4 (1.0) 19.0–21.3	21.4 (1.3) 20.6–23.3	19.9 (1.3) 16.8–23.3
PFL	19.0 (0.5) 18.2–20.1	20.1 (0.9) 18.9–21.9	20.6 (0.8) 19.8–21.7	19.3 (0.7) 18.2–20.5	19.0 (0.9) 18.0–19.9	21.8 (1.7) 19.3–23.3	19.7 (1.2) 18–23.3
VFL	16.0 (0.9) 15.1–17.5	17.2 (0.9) 15.6–18.5	17.7 (0.5) 17.0–18.3	16.4 (0.9) 14.8–17.6	16.4 (0.7) 15.5–17.0	18.9 (1.2) 17.6–20.5	16.9 (1.2) 14.8–20.5
AFL	16.4 (0.6) 15.5–17.4	16.9 (1.0) 15.8–19.1	17.2 (1.2) 15.9–18.9	15.9 (0.7) 14.6–17.0	15.7 (0.4) 15.3–16.2	17.2 (0.7) 16.2–17.7	16.5 (0.9) 14.6–19.1
AFB	6.5 (0.6) 5.5–7.2	7.4 (1.0) 6.3–9.2	7.8 (1.5) 6.6–10.4	6.8 (0.8) 5.1–8.2	6.8 (0.8) 6.2–7.9	7.9 (1.0) 6.7–8.9	7.1 (1.0) 5.1–10.4
CFL	25.1 (0.9) 23.6–26.3	24.9 (0.9) 23.6–26.2	27.3 (0.7) 26.9–28.6	23.9 (1.3) 21.2–26.0	23.9 (1.2) 22.6–25.2	24.9 (1.5) 23.2–26.6	24.8 (1.4) 21.2–28.6
CPD	9.4 (0.3) 8.8–9.9	9.2 (0.3) 8.6–9.6	9.0 (0.4) 8.7–9.5	9.3 (0.4) 8.6–9.9	9.5 (0.2) 9.3–9.8	9.2 (0.4) 8.8–9.6	9.3 (0.4) 8.6–9.9
CPL	14.4 (0.6) 13.1–15.2	14.5 (1.2) 12.4–16.0	13.7 (0.6) 12.7–14.3	14.0 (1.0) 12.1–15.7	14.1 (0.4) 13.8–14.7	14.6 (0.9) 13.9–15.9	14.2 (0.9) 12.1–16.0
% HL
DHL	94.8 (3.5) 88.4–99.9	91.9 (1.9) 88.7–95.6	95.4 (2.9) 91.5–98.4	92.9 (3.2) 88.3–98.2	90.4 (1.4) 89.4–92.4	95.5 (3.7) 91.4–99.5	93.3 (3.2) 88.3–99.9
HD(E)	43.5 (2.6) 40.5–48.3	42.4 (1.8) 39.1–45.1	40.3 (1.8) 38.6–43.1	44.2 (2.9) 38.8–49.7	42.8 (1.4) 41.7–44.6	41.5 (2.4) 39.2–44.7	42.9 (2.6) 38.6–49.7
HD(N)	48.6 (3.0) 43.6–53.1	47.9 (2.5) 43.3–51.9	42.6 (2.2) 39.5–45.0	49.3 (2.8) 43.7–53.2	51.2 (1.5) 49.2–52.4	51.2 (3.5) 46.9–54.7	48.4 (3.4) 39.5–54.7
HW(N)	31.6 (2.2) 28.5–35.2	32.6 (2.8) 27.2–35.6	31.9 (2.0) 30.2–34.7	33.0 (2.4) 28.9–37.2	31.9 (1.7) 29.9–34.0	32.2 (2.8) 28.6–35.4	32.3 (2.4) 27.2–37.2
HW	48.9 (2.7) 44.8–53.4	51.1 (3.4) 44.9–58.6	49.3 (3.0) 45.4–52.3	52.6 (3.0) 48.4–57.8	51.8 (0.9) 50.6–52.6	52.4 (4.9) 47.9–59.1	51.0 (3.3) 44.8–59.1
SNL	51.2 (2.6) 48.2–56.6	48.8 (2.3) 45.5–52.0	49.3 (1.7) 47.3–51.6	52.0 (2.1) 49.4–55.2	51.4 (2.4) 47.9–53.0	54.4 (2.3) 51.2–56.1	50.9 (2.7) 45.5–56.6
ED	13.3 (2.1) 10.2–16.9	17.2 (1.4) 15.1–19.8	16.4 (3.5) 12.3–20.6	17.9 (2.3) 13.9–20.9	15.1 (2.8) 11.9–18.4	20.1 (7.4) 9.8–26.2	16.6 (3.4) 9.8–26.2
IOD	19.4 (1.7) 16.8–22.4	19.7 (1.9) 16.4–22.9	17.8 (1.3) 16.4–19.8	22.7 (2.4) 18.2–26.7	21.7 (2.7) 19.6–25.5	18.0 (1.9) 15.5–19.9	20.3 (2.6) 15.5–26.7