Schistura heterognathos Chen,sp.nov.is described based on specimens from the Nanla River,a tri butary of the Lancangjiang River (upper Mekong River),in Yunnan Province of China.It is especially characterized by i...Schistura heterognathos Chen,sp.nov.is described based on specimens from the Nanla River,a tri butary of the Lancangjiang River (upper Mekong River),in Yunnan Province of China.It is especially characterized by its abnormal jaws.The jaws are broad,thick and strong.The upper jaw has no dentoid process and there is a very small or no notch in the lower jaw.The dissociative margins of jaws are straight.The mouth is broad and transversal,its width approximately equals to snout length and is greater than the interorbital width.展开更多
A nemacheilid loach not recorded for China so far has been collected during a survey of the Nanxinghe River,Luosuojiang River subbasin,Mekong basin.The specimens could be identified as Schistura porthos Kottelat,2000....A nemacheilid loach not recorded for China so far has been collected during a survey of the Nanxinghe River,Luosuojiang River subbasin,Mekong basin.The specimens could be identified as Schistura porthos Kottelat,2000.The occurrence in the Luosuojiang River subbasin is a distributional range extension.展开更多
An ichthyofaunistic survey of Mekong tributaries in Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China yielded a new species of nemacheilid loach, herein described as Schistura sexnubes species nova. The new species is readil...An ichthyofaunistic survey of Mekong tributaries in Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China yielded a new species of nemacheilid loach, herein described as Schistura sexnubes species nova. The new species is readily distinguishable from its congeners by the following combination of characters： 8＋8 branched caudal fin rays, an incomplete lateral line, a dissociated caudal bar, a shallow caudal peduncle depth （7.6%-9.6% SL; respectively caudal peduncle 1.76-1.95 times longer than deep）, a diminutive size of less than 50 mm SL, and no sexual dimorphism. A dorsocephalic pattern consisting of a black, forward directed V-shaped formation located between the nares, and a white, ovoid blotch on the upper operculum serves as an autapomorphy.展开更多
A new species of river loach, Schistura megalodon sp. nov., is described from the Irrawaddy basin in Yingjiang County, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Yuunan Province, China. The following combination of diagnostic char...A new species of river loach, Schistura megalodon sp. nov., is described from the Irrawaddy basin in Yingjiang County, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Yuunan Province, China. The following combination of diagnostic characters serve to distinguish it from all other congeners in the given zoogeographical region： a large processus dentiformes in the upper jaw, a short pre-anus length of 65.4%-66.3% of SL, long paired fins （pectoral： 20.8%-24.2% of SL; pelvic： 17.9%-20.6% of SL）, a wide body of 9.7%-11.3% of SL at anal fin origin, an incomplete lateral line, the absence of an orbital lobe, and a broad and distinct basicaudal bar with forward extensions.展开更多
文摘Schistura heterognathos Chen,sp.nov.is described based on specimens from the Nanla River,a tri butary of the Lancangjiang River (upper Mekong River),in Yunnan Province of China.It is especially characterized by its abnormal jaws.The jaws are broad,thick and strong.The upper jaw has no dentoid process and there is a very small or no notch in the lower jaw.The dissociative margins of jaws are straight.The mouth is broad and transversal,its width approximately equals to snout length and is greater than the interorbital width.
文摘A nemacheilid loach not recorded for China so far has been collected during a survey of the Nanxinghe River,Luosuojiang River subbasin,Mekong basin.The specimens could be identified as Schistura porthos Kottelat,2000.The occurrence in the Luosuojiang River subbasin is a distributional range extension.
基金Special acknowledgement to Jing WANG for her tremendous support during the preparation and organization of the excursion as well as encouragement during the paper＇s compilation, Peng-Fei SHANG and Ming-Tao CUI for their helpful assistance, Lina Du, Kunming Institute of Zoology （KIZ）, Chinese Academy of Sciences, for her patience with me reviewing specimens in the institute＇s collection, Xiao- Yong CHEN and Jun-Xing YANG, both K/Z, for their support in terms of literature and material, my travel companion Michael Bisset, Tsinghua University, Beijing, for his overall support and help during the excursion.
文摘An ichthyofaunistic survey of Mekong tributaries in Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China yielded a new species of nemacheilid loach, herein described as Schistura sexnubes species nova. The new species is readily distinguishable from its congeners by the following combination of characters： 8＋8 branched caudal fin rays, an incomplete lateral line, a dissociated caudal bar, a shallow caudal peduncle depth （7.6%-9.6% SL; respectively caudal peduncle 1.76-1.95 times longer than deep）, a diminutive size of less than 50 mm SL, and no sexual dimorphism. A dorsocephalic pattern consisting of a black, forward directed V-shaped formation located between the nares, and a white, ovoid blotch on the upper operculum serves as an autapomorphy.
文摘A new species of river loach, Schistura megalodon sp. nov., is described from the Irrawaddy basin in Yingjiang County, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Yuunan Province, China. The following combination of diagnostic characters serve to distinguish it from all other congeners in the given zoogeographical region： a large processus dentiformes in the upper jaw, a short pre-anus length of 65.4%-66.3% of SL, long paired fins （pectoral： 20.8%-24.2% of SL; pelvic： 17.9%-20.6% of SL）, a wide body of 9.7%-11.3% of SL at anal fin origin, an incomplete lateral line, the absence of an orbital lobe, and a broad and distinct basicaudal bar with forward extensions.
