摘要
DEAR EDITOR,A new species of Tibetan loach,Triplophysa weiheensis sp.nov.,is described from the Weihe River in Gansu Province,China,based on morphological and molecular analyses.The new species can be distinguished from all known congeners by a unique combination of the following characters:scaleless;snout abruptly sloping downward,anterior to anterior nostril;lower jaw crescentic,not sharp;body without obvious mottling;lateral line interrupted on posterior trunk at pelvic-fin distal extremity.
基金
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31870365 and 31572258)
Sino BON-Inland Water Fish Diversity Observation Network。
