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 1. Morphometric measurements for Claea minibarba sp. nov., C. dabryi and C. wulongensis| Morphometric measurements | C. minibarba sp. nov. (n=7) Holotype + Paratypes Holotype Range Mean±SD | C. dabryi (n=31) Range Mean±SD | C. wulongensis (n=8) Range Mean±SD |
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| SL (mm) | 63.7 | 48.8–69.9 | 62.6±6.6 | 37.6–88.5 | 60.5±14.4 | 49.0–67.2 | 55.7±6.2 |
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| % SL |
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| Head length | 21.7 | 21.1–23.3 | 21.9±1.0 | 20.4–24.8 | 22.5±1.0 | 20.4–23.5 | 22.6±1.0 |
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| Body depth | 14.7 | 14.7–17.6 | 15.9±1.0 | 9.6–15.0 | 12.5±1.4 | 9.3–13.6 | 12.1±1.3 |
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| Predorsal length | 52.7 | 50.5–54.0 | 52.4±1.3 | 49.0–59.1 | 52.9±2.0 | 50.4–54.2 | 51.9±0.9 |
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| Prepelvic length | 48.3 | 47.7–50.6 | 48.8±1.1 | 47.1–53.1 | 49.8±1.6 | 48.3–50.9 | 49.7±0.9 |
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| Preanal length | 74.8 | 72.7–75.2 | 73.9±1.0 | 71.6–78.4 | 74.5±1.7 | 71.5–77.7 | 73.4±1.8 |
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| Dorsal-fin length | 17.3 | 15.8–18.1 | 16.8±0.8 | 16.1–22.2 | 18.8±1.3 | 15.0–19.8 | 16.5±1.5 |
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| Dorsal-fin base length | 12.1 | 10.8–12.3 | 11.6±0.6 | 9.4–13.3 | 11.3±1.0 | 10.7–13.4 | 12.4±0.9 |
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| Pectoral-fin length | 17.1 | 15.0–17.6 | 16.8±0.9 | 15.3–21.0 | 17.6±1.4 | 15.6–18.4 | 17.6±1.0 |
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| Pelvic-fin length | 14.2 | 12.5–15.1 | 13.8±0.8 | 13.3–17.6 | 14.9±0.9 | 12.5–14.5 | 13.2±0.6 |
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| Anal-fin height | 15.0 | 13.6–15.7 | 14.8±0.7 | 13.8–20.0 | 16.4±1.4 | 12.4–16.5 | 14.5±1.3 |
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| Anal-fin base length | 8.0 | 7.8–9.0 | 8.1±0.4 | 5.6–10.6 | 8.0±1.0 | 6.6–8.2 | 7.4±0.6 |
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| Caudal-fin length | 16.9 | 15.2–18.1 | 17.2±1.0 | 17.4–23.4 | 20.0±1.4 | 15.9–20.8 | 18.1±1.3 |
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| Caudal-peduncle length | 18.5 | 18.0–20.5 | 19.2±1.0 | 15.4–22.3 | 17.9±1.4 | 14.2–20.7 | 16.6±1.2 |
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| Caudal-peduncle depth | 10.9 | 9.5–11.7 | 10.7±0.7 | 5.5–10.3 | 8.3±1.0 | 7.6–9.4 | 8.5±0.7 |
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| % HL |
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| Head depth | 55.9 | 55.5–59.4 | 57.5±1.6 | 39.6–52.0 | 44.9±3.0 | 45.3–54.2 | 50.6±2.9 |
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| Head width | 63.9 | 61.5–68.0 | 64.0±2.1 | 45.9–59.7 | 53.4±3.6 | 55.7–65.8 | 62.4±3.5 |
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| Snout length | 46.3 | 42.3–46.3 | 45.0±1.3 | 35.7–45.2 | 41.0±2.5 | 38.9–45.0 | 41.9±1.9 |
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| Eye diameter | 17.6 | 15.8–18.4 | 16.9±0.9 | 13.7–23.3 | 17.8±2.6 | 11.1–19.1 | 17.0±2.1 |
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| Interorbital width | 31.1 | 30.3–36.3 | 32.6±2.2 | 20.0–33.8 | 27.3±2.5 | 38.5–43.1 | 41.3±1.5 |
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| Inner rostral-barbel length | 21.3 | 16.0–21.7 | 18.8±2.5 | 15.6–24.7 | 20.2±2.4 | 16.5–23.4 | 21.6±1.2 |
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| Outer rostral-barbel length | 26.2 | 22.1–28.0 | 25.1±2.4 | 30.2–47.5 | 37.9±3.9 | 21.4–41.5 | 32.4±4.5 |
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| Maxillary-barbel length | 28.7 | 21.5–29.6 | 26.9±2.7 | 29.8–47.4 | 34.9±3.9 | 21.8–35.9 | 29.8±3.2 |
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| % Caudal-peduncle length |
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| Caudal-peduncle depth | 58.8 | 50.8–1.2 | 55.6±3.7 | 33.7–53.4 | 46.5±4.3 | 44.3–57.4 | 51.2±4.5 |
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