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Issue: Vol. 3962 No. 1: 22 May 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.12
Page range: 191–205
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 17

Revalidation and redescription of Brachymystax tsinlingensis Li, 1966 (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae) from China

Natural Resource and Environment Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Beijing, China. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yellow River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Xi’an, China.
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Natural Resource and Environment Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Beijing, China.
The College of Forestry of Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Brachymystax revalidation redescription Salmonidae China

Abstract

Brachymystax tsinlingensis Li, 1966 is revalidated and redescribed. It can be distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characteristics: no spots on operculum; gill rakers 15-20; lateral-line scales 98-116; pyloric caeca 60-71. Unique morphological characters and genetic divergence of this species are discussed. This species has a limited distribution in several streams of the middle part of the Qinling Mountains in China. Methods for management and protection of B. tsinlingensis need to be re-evaluated.