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Issue: Vol. 3586 No. 1: 14 Dec. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-12-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3586.1.26
Page range: 272–280
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 19

Triplophysa pseudostenura, a new nemacheiline loach (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from the Yalong River of China

Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065 P. R. China Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072 P. R. China
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072 P. R. China
Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology on Endangered Wildlife, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065 P. R. China Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065 P. R. China
Fish Teleost new species Upper Yangtze River

Abstract

A new species of nemacheiline loach, Triplophysa pseudostenura, is described from the Yalong River, a tributary of theupper Yangtze River drainage in China. Previous collectors misidentified the species as T. stenura. Triplophysapseudostenura can be separated from T. stenura and other valid species of Triplophysa by the following combination ofcharacters: body smooth and without scales; head tapering; lips thin and smooth; trunk and caudal peduncle slender,laterally compressed; depth of caudal peduncle tapering posteroventrally approaching caudal fin; posterior chamber of gasbladder reduced or absent; intestine short, forming a zigzag loop posterior to bottom of ‘U’-shaped stomach; insertion of pelvic fins anterior to dorsal-fin origin; caudal fin deeply concave.

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