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Issue: Vol. 5536 No. 1: 1 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.8
Page range: 185-192
Abstract views: 730
PDF downloaded: 6

Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis, a new nemacheilid loach from the Syr Darya drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)

Department of Zoology and General Biology; Faculty of Life Sciences; Fergana State University; 150100 Fergana; Uzbekistan
Department of Zoology and General Biology; Faculty of Life Sciences; Fergana State University; 150100 Fergana; Uzbekistan
Pisces Freshwater fish Taxonomy Morphology Central Asia Cypriniformes

Abstract

Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis, new species, is described from the middle portion of the Great Fergana Canal in the Fergana Valley. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by having a complete lateral line with 84–86 pores, a slenderer caudal peduncle, a smaller dorsal and anal fin depth, and a wider interorbital distance. A key to Dzihunia species is provided.

 

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