Revision of the loach genus Claea Kottelat, 2010 (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in China, with a description of a new species from the Chang-Jiang basin
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Zhang, Chu-Yi
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, P. R. China & Shanghai Universities Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, P. R. China
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Luo, Pan
Hubei Provincial Academy of Eco-environmental Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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Huang, Feng
Hubei Provincial Academy of Eco-environmental Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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Zhang, E.
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, P. R. China
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-12-04
5543
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5543.3.6
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TABLE 4. Main diagnostic characters for Claea dabryi, C. minibarba sp. nov., and C. wulongensis| Characters | C. minibarba C. dabryi | C. wulongensis |
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| Extension of outer rostral barbel to anterior margin of eye | No | Yes | No |
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| Extension of maxillary barbel beyond posterior margin of eye | No | Yes | No |
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| Number of vertebrae | 4+41–43 | 4+38–42 | 4+38–39 |
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| Body depth (% SL) | 14.7–17.6 (mean 15.9) | 9.6–15.0 (mean 12.5) | 9.3–13.6 (mean 12.1) |
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| Caudal-peduncle depth (% SL) | 9.5–11.7 (mean 10.7) | 5.5–10.3 (mean 8.3) | 7.6–9.4 (mean 8.5) |
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| Interorbital width (% HL) | 30.3–36.3 (mean 32.6) | 20.0–33.8 (mean 27.3) | 38.5–43.1 (mean 41.3) |
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