Clarification of Phylogenetic Relationships among Chinese Nemacheilids with Tube-Shaped Anterior Nostrils, with a Description of a New Genus and Two New Species

Table 4

Morphometric and meristic data of Guinemachilus pseudopulcherrimus sp. nov. and Paranemachilus chongzuo sp. nov. Range, mean, and standard deviation () are presented for paratypes.

	Guinemachilus pseudopulcherrimus sp. nov.		Paranemachilus chongzuo sp. nov.
	Holotype	Paratypes ()	Holotype	Paratypes ()
	GXNU-F20210008	GXNU-F20210009–13,; KIZ2022000024–27	KIZ2022000019	KIZ2022000020–23
Total length (mm)	58.0	55.4–62.0 ()	65.5	62.8–82.5 ()
Standard length (mm)	48.2	44.7–51.3 ()	54.2	52.1–66.5 ()
Percent of standard length
Deepest body depth	17.8	16.9–19.9 ()	17.0	16.6–17.6 ()
Lateral head length	25.4	24.5–27.1 ()	24.7	22.6–24.8 ()
Predorsal length	52.3	52.2–56.0 ()	56.9	55.2–57.7 ()
Prepelvic length	54.9	54.8–59.4 ()	56.9	57.3–59.3 ()
Preanal length	76.0	75.2–77.9 ()	80.3	80.6–81.4 ()
Preanus length	73.7	73.6–75.2 ()	76.9	76.7–78.0 ()
Caudal peduncle length	13.9	13.9–15.6 ()	14.2	12.8–15.1 ()
Caudal peduncle depth	10.0	8.7–10.5 ()	13.1	11.0–13.1 ()
Head width	14.1	12.4–15.9 ()	13.8	13.2–14.6 ()
Percent of lateral head length
Eye diameter	24.6	21.2–26.2 ()	18.1	15.7–19.4 ()
Interorbital width	22.7	20.9–28.9 ()	31.2	29.5–35.1 ()
Snout length	32.9	32.4–38.1 ()	34.8	32.5–37.0 ()
Head width	55.4	49.0–58.6 ()	55.9	57.2–59.8 ()
Head depth	54.4	46.6–55.1 ()	45.1	45.9–48.5 ()
Percent of caudal peduncle length
Caudal peduncle depth	71.8	61.5–74.5 ()	91.9	82.7–96.8 ()
Dorsal-fin rays	4, 8	4, 8	3, 8	3, 8
Pectoral-fin rays	1, 9	1, 8–9	1, 10	1, 10
Pelvic-fin rays	1, 7	1, 6–7	1, 6	1, 6
Anal-fin rays	3, 5	3, 5	3, 5	3, 5
Caudal-fin branched rays	16	15–16	16	17