Table 2. Morphometric measurements for four species of Gobiobotia: G. jiangxiensis, G. pappenheimi, G. meridionalis and G. filifer. CharacterG. jiangxiensis (n = 6)G. pappenheimi (n = 14)G. meridionalis (n = 19)G. filifer (n = 21)RangeMean ± SDRangeMean ± SDRangeMean ± SDRangeMean ± SDSL (mm)35.2-52.540.2 ± 5.827.9-56.143.7 ± 8.754.0-99.580.4 ± 10.852.2-96.575.5 ± 11.7Morphometric data% of SLBody depth12.2-22.517.1 ± 3.327.9-56.143.7 ± 8.714.9-20.817.9 ± 1.515.4-22.518.2 ± 1.9Head length22.0-25.924.4 ± 1.312.5-14.513.6 ± 0.724.4-28.126.7 ± 1.017.9-28.225.7 ± 2.1Pre-dorsal length46.8-50.548.6 ± 1.646.2-51.849.2 ± 1.643.8-51.946.5 ± 2.041.2-52.746.8 ± 2.4Pre-pectoral length19.8-24.122.9 ± 1.618.8-28.123.6 ± 2.824.6-27.326.0 ± 0.923.2-28.525.6 ± 1.3Pre-pelvic length44.6-50.848.3 ± 2.344.7-50.747.7 ± 1.945.0-52.448.3 ± 1.743.5-51.147.8 ± 2.0Pre-anal length71.0-78.174.7 ± 2.269.4-79.075.2 ± 2.472.7-77.575.0 ± 1.469.0-77.373.3 ± 2.1Dorsal length27.1-31.228.8 ± 1.622.8-28.124.7 ± 1.523.4-27.525.6 ± 1.119.8-25.623.1 ± 1.6Pectoral length25.1-28.226.5 ± 1.017.0-22.520.1 ± 1.621.9-29.125.0 ± 1.522.9-31.826.1 ± 2.1Pelvic length18.1-23.420.6 ± 1.716.0-21.419.2 ± 1.418.0-22.120.5 ± 1.215.2-20.017.8 ± 1.2Anal length18.1-21.319.1 ± 1.016.0-21.419.2 ± 1.417.5-20.919.0 ± 0.915.5-19.217.0 ± 0.9Pectoral-pelvic distance26.3-28.727.3 ± 0.822.9-27.125.1 ± 1.421.0-28.124.2 ± 1.721.9-26.024.1 ± 1.1Pelvic-anal distance24.4-26.125.5 ± 0.625.7-31.928.1 ± 1.926.9-31.128.5 ± 1.223.9-29.926.2 ± 1.6Pelvic-anus distance11.7-14.912.9 ± 1.18.2-15.411.0 ± 1.79.0-14.511.8 ± 1.27.6-13.110.8 ± 1.3Anus-anal distance11.3-14.312.7 ± 0.914.0-18.116.0 ± 1.214.2-19.616.8 ± 1.414.4-19.916.4 ± 1.6% of HLHead depth54.4-60.357.1 ± 1.947.5-59.053.6 ± 3.751.3-59.055.4 ± 2.247.1-76.153.9 ± 6.1Head width60.9-82.170.4 ± 6.251.3-73.267.4 ± 5.355.4-70.963.0 ± 4.049.8-79.459.4 ± 7.2Snout length40.5-46.442.6 ± 2.033.7-41.838.0 ± 2.041.6-62.746.0 ± 4.834.7-55.140.2 ± 4.2Interorbital width21.5-29.324.8 ± 2.617.0-29.121.8 ± 3.616.6-29.121.0 ± 3.824.9-40.728.8 ± 3.2Eye diameter19.3-25.222.5 ± 2.016.1-27.421.3 ± 3.722.1-35.826.0 ± 3.712.1-23.216.1 ± 2.6Maxillary barbel length15.4-19.016.9 ± 1.320.1-45.431.6 ± 6.920.3-39.535.2 ± 2.725.6-37.431.1 ± 3.8Post-orbital length35.7-38.237.1 ± 1.033.5-44.439.1 ± 2.932.1-50.437.2 ± 4.742.0-60.546.7 ± 3.7Meristic countsLateral-line scales38-3938.4 ± 0.537-3938.1 ± 0.741-4341.8 ± 0.640-4240.8 ± 0.7Scale rows above lateral line5-65.5 ± 0.55-65.5 ± 0.55-65.3 ± 0.45-65.6 ± 0.5Pre-dorsal scales1212131312-1312.6 ± 0.512-1312.8 ± 0.4Circumpeduncular scales121212-1312.4 ± 0.512121212

Published as part of Chen, Xiao, Wang, Man, Cao, Liang & Zhang, E, 2022, 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, pp. 93 in Zoosystematics and Evolution 98 (1) on page 93, DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.80547