DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15283575
title: TABLE 2 in A review of genus Laubuka (Cypriniformes: Danionidae) in Myanmar with description of two new species

description: TABLE 2. Comparisons of characteristics among the Laubuka species.
No.SpeciesMorphological characteristics of Laubuka speciesHumeral spotCaudal-peduncle spotColor patternPectoral finLateral lineNo. of branched dorsal-fin raysNo. of branched anal-fin raysBody depth (% SL)Lateral line scalesScales in transverse line on body1L. caeruleostigmatavertically elongated spot, greatest dimension is greater than or subequal to eye diameterabsenta few dark bars present anteriorly on the sidenot reaching end of pelvic-fin rayscomplete11½–12½19–23½36.4–40.734–358½–9+1+4½–52L. fasciatarounded spot, greatest dimension is smaller than eye diameterabsenta broad midlateral stripe from the posterior rim of the orbit to the middle of caudal-fin basenot reaching end of pelvic-fin rayscomplete7½14½–16½19.2–25.532–336½/1/1½3L. hemarounded spot, greatest dimension is smaller than eye diameterabsentnarrow middorsal stripe extends from occiput to caudal peduncle, unpigmented interstripe above black stripe on caudal pedunclenot reaching end of pelvic-fin rayscomplete7½–9½18½–20½25.8–31.733–356½+1+2½4L. indawgyiana sp. nov.rounded spot, greatest dimension is less than the eye diameterabsentpresence only humeral spot and yellow caudal finreaching end of pelvic-fin rayscomplete7½–8½17½–18½23.9–39.428–30+16½+1+35L. khujairokensis-absentan indistinct or narrow dark line on the midlateral body, more prominent on the posterior half of the body-incomplete---16–25-Humeral spotCaudal-peduncle spotColor patternPectoral finLateral lineNo. of branched dorsal-fin raysNo. of branched anal-fin raysBody depth (% SL)Lateral line scalesScales in transverse line on body6L. myitthaensis sp. nov.indistinct rounded spot, greatest dimension is smaller than eye diameterabsentpresence only humeral spot and yellow caudal finreaching end of pelvic-fin rayscomplete8½–9½17½–19½30.4–41.428– 30+1–26½+1+37L. laubucarounded spot, greatest dimension is smaller than eye diameterpresentmidlateral line more apparent on posterior half of body and caudal pedunclenot reaching end of pelvic-fin rayscomplete8½14½–20½29.0–37.729–36+16½+1+2½8L. lankensisrounded spot, greatest dimension is smaller than eye diameterabsentabout 12 vague dark brown blotches on side of body, coalesced into a stripe on caudal pedunclenot reaching end of pelvic-fin rayscomplete8½–9½16½–20½27.2–29.834–376½+1+2½9L. parafasciatarounded spot, greatest dimension is smaller than eye diameterabsenta broad midlateral stripe from the posterior rim of the orbit to the middle of caudal-fin basereaching midway between pelvic-fin origin and anal-fin origincomplete8½16½–19½28.0–34.328–326½+1+2½10L. latensrounded spot, greatest dimension is smaller than eye diameterpresentplain color pattern except melanophores scattered along longitudinal line on side, giving appearance of a narrow black line on posterior half of bodynot reaching end of pelvic-fin rayscomplete7½18½22.9–25.932–336½+1+2½Humeral spotCaudal-peduncle spotColor patternPectoral finLateral lineNo. of branched dorsal-fin raysNo. of branched anal-fin raysBody depth (% SL)Lateral line scalesScales in transverse line on body11L. siamensisrounded spot, greatest dimension is smaller than eye diameterpresenta midlateral stripe apparent on posterior half of bodyreaching end of pelvic-fin rayscomplete8½18½–21½29.7–28.331–33+26–7+1+2–3½12L. trevorirounded spot, greatest dimension is smaller than eye diameterpresentpresence of two longitudinal stripes, running from behind the opercle to the base of the caudal finnot reaching end of pelvic-fin rayscomplete7½15½–16½18.8–20.131–326½/1/1½13L. tenellarounded spot, greatest dimension is smaller than eye diameterabsentpresence of a black stripe along the middle of the posterior third of the side or slightly shorter, anteriorly replaced by short vertical barsnot reaching anuscomplete8½16½–18½22.4–28.029–326½+1+314L. varunarounded spot, greatest dimension is smaller than eye diameterabsenta series of blotches along the side which may form a broad bandalmost reaching end of pelvic-fin rayscomplete8½15½–17½27.9–32.431–336½–7½+1+2½– 3½
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description: Published as part of Htay, Khin Yadanar, Song, Xin-Yuan, Oo, Thaung Naing & Chen, Xiao-Yong, 2025, A review of genus Laubuka (Cypriniformes: Danionidae) in Myanmar with description of two new species, pp. 226-228 in Zootaxa 5618 (2) on page 226, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/15217617