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Issue: Vol. 4679 No. 1: 1 Oct. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-10-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4679.1.6
Page range: 97–106
Abstract views: 102
PDF downloaded: 2

Sinibotia lani, a new species of botiid loach (Teleostei: Botiidae) from Guangxi, China

Key Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf, Nanning Normal University, Nanning, 530001, China Guangxi Academy of Fishery Sciences, Nanning, 510021, China
Key Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf, Nanning Normal University, Nanning, 530001, China
Pisces Cobitoidei Cypriniformes Taxonomy Xijiang River

Abstract

Sinibotia lani, a new botiid loach is described from the Zuojiang River, located in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. The species differs from other members of Sinibotia by a combination of the following morphological characters: body depth 17.5–21.1% SL; snout length shorter than postorbital length of head; eye diameter 10.2–13.2% HL; interorbital width 16.0–18.6% HL; suborbital spine reaching or extending beyond postorbital margin of eye; lower lip with pair of fleshy button-like clusters of papillae; dorsal-fin origin opposite to pelvic-fin origin, pelvic fin not reaching anus; includes six dark vertical bars on the body. A key to the species of Sinibotia is provided.

 

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