Table 1. Morphometric measurements for three species of Leptobotia: L. citrauratea, L. elongata and L. brachycephala. L. citraurateaL. elongataL. brachycephala sp. nov.Dongting Lake (n = 17)Poyang Lake (n = 12)Chang-Jiang (n = 22)HolotypeParatypes (n = 21)Range Mean ± SDRange Mean ± SDRange Mean ± SDRangeMean ± SDSL (mm)47.0-65.352.9 ± 4.233.3-42.737.5 ± 2.697.8-272.0180.2 ± 52.163.943.7-66.856.1 ± 5.7Morphometric data% of SLBody depth14.8-18.816.7 ± 1.415.7-19.217.2 ± 1.017.3-23.720.0 ± 1.712.911.1-15.812.8 ± 1.1Body width at dorsal origin8.7-12.510.5 ± 1.19.7-12.411.4 ± 0.88.3-14.911.4 ± 1.57.66.3-9.78.3 ± 0.9Head length22.5-25.624.2 ± 0.823.8-26.825.4 ± 0.824.4-31.427.8 ± 1.819.918.4-22.820.6 ± 1.1Dorsal-fin length14.9-18.016.9 ± 0.913.7-16.814.9 ± 1.016.3-22.018.7 ± 1.610.69.0-11.610.3 ± 0.7Pectoral-fin length14.8-21.117.0 ± 2.013.8-17.515.6 ± 1.014.4-18.216.8 ± 0.912.89.6-14.211.9 ± 1.1Pelvic-fin length12.7-16.913.7 ± 1.112.1-14.313.3 ± 0.613.3-16.314.9 ± 0.710.29.1-12.610.6 ± 0.9Anal-fin length14.7-17.716.3 ± 0.813.0-15.914.2 ± 0.915.8-20.218.0 ± 1.29.38.1-11.410.0 ± 0.8Upper caudal-lobe length23.6-26.925.5 ± 0.923.6-26.725.1 ± 1.023.1-30.025.9 ± 2.118.415.2-20.817.9 ± 1.5Median caudal-ray length11.5-13.712.4 ± 0.613.2-15.014.2 ± 0.59.6-13.110.7 ± 1.013.011.5-15.013.0 ± 0.9Caudal-peduncle length12.1-15.813.9 ± 0.912.5-14.213.3 ± 0.513.8-17.115.5 ± 0.917.314.6-20.017.7 ± 1.6Caudal-peduncle depth10.4-12.911.6 ± 0.711.3-13.512.3 ± 0.710.9-13.812.1 ± 0.711.510.3-14.411.7 ± 1.1Caudal-peduncle width2.1-3.92.9 ± 0.73.2-4.23.7 ± 0.32.6-4.83.6 ± 0.62.81.7-4.33.1 ± 0.8Predorsal length51.4-56.354.0 ± 1.252.8-55.353.9 ± 0.754.5-58.856.5 ± 1.251.749.9-54.752.7 ± 1.6Prepectoral length21.7-26.823.7 ± 1.123.4-25.524.5 ± 0.625.1-31.628.3 ± 1.819.718.9-23.420.5 ± 1.1Prepelvic length53.2-59.056.5 ± 1.752.3-56.054.4 ± 1.256.0-61.557.8 ± 1.649.247.9-53.150.9 ± 1.5Preanal length76.7-81.479.0 ± 1.375.0-81.378.1 ± 1.675.9-79.877.4 ± 1.174.670.2-76.973.8 ± 1.6Vent to anal distance6.8-10.38.9 ± 0.96.7-8.37.5 ± 0.66.1-10.18.4 ± 1.110.47.4-10.79.3 ± 0.9Pelvic to anal distance19.9-25.722.9 ± 1.820.2-23.621.4 ± 1.116.5-23.019.3 ± 1.524.420.3-24.622.0 ± 1.3% of HLHead depth at nape56.4-63.159.3 ± 1.655.0-62.858.8 ± 2.053.6-64.257.4 ± 2.851.849.0-56.852.8 ± 2.6Head depth at eye42.3-48.445.8 ± 2.143.6-49.747.0 ± 1.840.5-48.543.7 ± 2.138.637.7-45.841.8 ± 2.7Snout length35.4-43.939.6 ± 2.335.1-42.538.4 ± 2.035.7-42.638.4 ± 2.136.235.6-41.838.2 ± 2.3Postorbital head length48.5-54.851.6-2.050.8-55.252.5 ± 1.654.5-61.957.8 ± 1.955.252.4-60.056.2-2.6Eye diameter9.2-12.110.3 ± 1.09.3-10.810.0 ± 0.54.2-8.46.0 ± 1.111.49.1-12.210.4 ± 0.9Interorbital width14.5-22.817.3 ± 2.416.1-19.617.7 ± 1.112.3-17.714.8 ± 1.517.211.7-17.815.1 ± 2.1

Published as part of Guo, Dong-Ming & Zhang, E, 2021, Re-description of the loach species Leptobotia citrauratea (Teleostei, Botiidae), with the description of L. brachycephala from southern Zhejiang Province, China, pp. 89 in ZooKeys 1017 on page 89, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1017.57503