Gobiobotia lii, a new species of gudgeon (Teleostei, Gobionidae) from the middle Chang-Jiang Basin, central China, with notes on the validity of G. nicholsi Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966 Author Chen, Xiao The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China chenxiao2010ouc@163.com Author Wang, Man The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Author Cao, Liang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3208-1370 The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China Author Zhang, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6971-7160 The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2022 2022-03-29 98 1 93 107 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.80547 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.80547 1860-0743-1-93 00AEDECC765242F69DC95F4D77FE18BD 0F35426AF8F25745BA87BA48305C1D5B

Table 2. Morphometric measurements for four species of Gobiobotia: G. jiangxiensis, G. pappenheimi, G. meridionalis and G. filifer.

Character	G. jiangxiensis (n = 6)		G. pappenheimi (n = 14)		G. meridionalis (n = 19)		G. filifer (n = 21)
	Range	Mean +/- SD	Range	Mean +/- SD	Range	Mean +/- SD	Range	Mean +/- SD
SL (mm)	35.2-52.5	40.2 +/- 5.8	27.9-56.1	43.7 +/- 8.7	54.0-99.5	80.4 +/- 10.8	52.2-96.5	75.5 +/- 11.7
Morphometric data
% of SL
Body depth	12.2-22.5	17.1 +/- 3.3	27.9-56.1	43.7 +/- 8.7	14.9-20.8	17.9 +/- 1.5	15.4-22.5	18.2 +/- 1.9
Head length	22.0-25.9	24.4 +/- 1.3	12.5-14.5	13.6 +/- 0.7	24.4-28.1	26.7 +/- 1.0	17.9-28.2	25.7 +/- 2.1
Pre-dorsal length	46.8-50.5	48.6 +/- 1.6	46.2-51.8	49.2 +/- 1.6	43.8-51.9	46.5 +/- 2.0	41.2-52.7	46.8 +/- 2.4
Pre-pectoral length	19.8-24.1	22.9 +/- 1.6	18.8-28.1	23.6 +/- 2.8	24.6-27.3	26.0 +/- 0.9	23.2-28.5	25.6 +/- 1.3
Pre-pelvic length	44.6-50.8	48.3 +/- 2.3	44.7-50.7	47.7 +/- 1.9	45.0-52.4	48.3 +/- 1.7	43.5-51.1	47.8 +/- 2.0
Pre-anal length	71.0-78.1	74.7 +/- 2.2	69.4-79.0	75.2 +/- 2.4	72.7-77.5	75.0 +/- 1.4	69.0-77.3	73.3 +/- 2.1
Dorsal length	27.1-31.2	28.8 +/- 1.6	22.8-28.1	24.7 +/- 1.5	23.4-27.5	25.6 +/- 1.1	19.8-25.6	23.1 +/- 1.6
Pectoral length	25.1-28.2	26.5 +/- 1.0	17.0-22.5	20.1 +/- 1.6	21.9-29.1	25.0 +/- 1.5	22.9-31.8	26.1 +/- 2.1
Pelvic length	18.1-23.4	20.6 +/- 1.7	16.0-21.4	19.2 +/- 1.4	18.0-22.1	20.5 +/- 1.2	15.2-20.0	17.8 +/- 1.2
Anal length	18.1-21.3	19.1 +/- 1.0	16.0-21.4	19.2 +/- 1.4	17.5-20.9	19.0 +/- 0.9	15.5-19.2	17.0 +/- 0.9
Pectoral-pelvic distance	26.3-28.7	27.3 +/- 0.8	22.9-27.1	25.1 +/- 1.4	21.0-28.1	24.2 +/- 1.7	21.9-26.0	24.1 +/- 1.1
Pelvic-anal distance	24.4-26.1	25.5 +/- 0.6	25.7-31.9	28.1 +/- 1.9	26.9-31.1	28.5 +/- 1.2	23.9-29.9	26.2 +/- 1.6
Pelvic-anus distance	11.7-14.9	12.9 +/- 1.1	8.2-15.4	11.0 +/- 1.7	9.0-14.5	11.8 +/- 1.2	7.6-13.1	10.8 +/- 1.3
Anus-anal distance	11.3-14.3	12.7 +/- 0.9	14.0-18.1	16.0 +/- 1.2	14.2-19.6	16.8 +/- 1.4	14.4-19.9	16.4 +/- 1.6
% of HL
Head depth	54.4-60.3	57.1 +/- 1.9	47.5-59.0	53.6 +/- 3.7	51.3-59.0	55.4 +/- 2.2	47.1-76.1	53.9 +/- 6.1
Head width	60.9-82.1	70.4 +/- 6.2	51.3-73.2	67.4 +/- 5.3	55.4-70.9	63.0 +/- 4.0	49.8-79.4	59.4 +/- 7.2
Snout length	40.5-46.4	42.6 +/- 2.0	33.7-41.8	38.0 +/- 2.0	41.6-62.7	46.0 +/- 4.8	34.7-55.1	40.2 +/- 4.2
Interorbital width	21.5-29.3	24.8 +/- 2.6	17.0-29.1	21.8 +/- 3.6	16.6-29.1	21.0 +/- 3.8	24.9-40.7	28.8 +/- 3.2
Eye diameter	19.3-25.2	22.5 +/- 2.0	16.1-27.4	21.3 +/- 3.7	22.1-35.8	26.0 +/- 3.7	12.1-23.2	16.1 +/- 2.6
Maxillary barbel length	15.4-19.0	16.9 +/- 1.3	20.1-45.4	31.6 +/- 6.9	20.3-39.5	35.2 +/- 2.7	25.6-37.4	31.1 +/- 3.8
Post-orbital length	35.7-38.2	37.1 +/- 1.0	33.5-44.4	39.1 +/- 2.9	32.1-50.4	37.2 +/- 4.7	42.0-60.5	46.7 +/- 3.7
Meristic counts
Lateral-line scales	38-39	38.4 +/- 0.5	37-39	38.1 +/- 0.7	41-43	41.8 +/- 0.6	40-42	40.8 +/- 0.7
Scale rows above lateral line	5-6	5.5 +/- 0.5	5-6	5.5 +/- 0.5	5-6	5.3 +/- 0.4	5-6	5.6 +/- 0.5
Pre-dorsal scales	12	12	13	13	12-13	12.6 +/- 0.5	12-13	12.8 +/- 0.4
Circumpeduncular scales	12	12	12-13	12.4 +/- 0.5	12	12	12	12