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Issue: Vol. 3002 No. 1: 24 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3002.1.4
Page range: 45–51
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 36

Boraras naevus, a new species of miniature and sexually dichromatic freshwater fish from peninsular Thailand (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae)

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection, Texas A&M University, 210 Nagle Hall, 2258 TAMUS, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Route de la Baroche 12, Case Postale 57, 2952 Cornol, Switzerland (permanent address), and Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 6 Science Drive 2, #03-01, Singapore 117546
Fish Cypriniformes Danioninae Taxonomy Southeast Asia

Abstract

Boraras naevus, new species, is described from peninsular Thailand. It is distinguished from other congeners by features of its sexually dimorphic colour pattern, principal caudal-fin, pelvic-fin and branched dorsal-fin ray counts, lateral scale row counts, and a number of osteological features.

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