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Issue: Vol. 1406 No. 1: 12 Feb. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-02-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1406.1.3
Page range: 25–32
Abstract views: 82
PDF downloaded: 52

Pseudecheneis maurus, a new species of glyptosternine catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Central Vietnam

Fish Division, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079, USA.
Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 6 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117600.
Teleostei Annam Cordillera Southeast Asia Glyptosterninae

Abstract

A new species of sisorid catfish, Pseudecheneis maurus, is described from the Song Thuy Loan drainage in Central Vietnam. Pseudecheneis maurus can be distinguished from congeners in having a combination of a very short adipose-fin base (1.2 times length of anal-fin base vs. 1.5–2.0 times; 15.7% SL vs. 17.6–30.6), thoracic adhesive apparatus with sulcae not meeting at midline and the absence of distinct pale spots on the body.

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